2010年1月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama's $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his presidency on Capitol Hill in Washington. To the joint session of Congress Obama said, 'So, as temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed... if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses, let me know... I'm eager to see it.' Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are seen in the background. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool, File)AP - President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking almost $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to just below $1.3 trillion.

US to consider local views on 9/11 trial location (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST

This 2003 handout photo shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described chief organizer of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Closing Guantanamo is emerging as a never-ending nightmare for President Barack Obama after he bowed to pressure and backed down from plans to try the accused 9/11 plotters in the heart of New York City.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.

Obama pushes nuclear energy to boost climate bill (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Energy Secretary Steven Chu addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington. In an effort to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation, President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, calling for a new generation of nuclear power plants to be built around the country. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.

Gibbs: Cost of Obama's jobs push in range of $100B (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:51 AM PST

AP - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama's push to create jobs may carry a price tag in the $100 billion range.

Axelrod: No House outburst to Obama speech unusual (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 07:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, center, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics — foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections. Now that the court has declared that corporations have a constitutional right to spend from their general treasuries to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, the prospect of foreign influence in campaigns has emerged as a flashpoint in the back-and-forth between critics of the ruling and its defenders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - A top White House adviser says it's gotten to the point where almost any unusual reaction or outburst to a speech by President Barack Obama in the House chamber isn't really that unusual.

Sen.-elect Brown says he supports abortion rights (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:09 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010, file photo Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown speaks during an interview at the Statehouse in Boston. On ABC's 'This Week' Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Brown said he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. He went on to say that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion should be overturned. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl, File)AP - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one.

Brown would like daughter back on 'American Idol' (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo Boston College women's basketball player Ayla Brown sings the National Anthem before the start of a men's NCAA college basketball game between Boston College and Maryland in Boston. On ABC's This Week Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Sen.-elect Scott Brown said he'd like his daughter Ayla to have another crack at 'American Idol.' The fledgling recording artist, a 21-year-old student at Boston College, made it to the show's final 16 singers in 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)AP - Sen.-elect Scott Brown says he'd like daughter Ayla to have another crack at "American Idol," where judge Simon Cowell once described her performance as robotic and empty.

Report: No sanctions for lawyers who OK'd torture (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies before a congressional committee in Washington. A forthcoming government ethics report initially concluded the two key authors of the so-called torture memos, Bybee and John Yoo, who were officials in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration, had violated their professional obligations as lawyers when they crafted the memos that allowed the use of harsh interrogation tactics. (AP Photo, Evan Vucci, File)AP - Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed poor judgment but won't face sanctions for professional misconduct, according to a published report.

Hopeful Republicans target Obama Senate seat (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST

US Rep. Mark Kirk speaks to constituents during a town hall meeting in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in 2009. US Republicans hoping to harness voter anger and ride to victory in November mid-term elections have their eyes on a potent symbolic prize: President Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - US Republicans hoping to harness voter anger and ride to victory in November mid-term elections have their eyes on a potent symbolic prize: President Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.

Democrats Have More Cash Than Republicans for Off-Year Election (Bloomberg)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Party committees entered an off-year election with more money in the bank than their Republican counterparts for the first time in at least 18 years, giving the party a financial boost as it tries to stave off a surge by the opposition.

Bank of America, Goldman, Morgan Stanley Cut PAC Giving in 2009 (Bloomberg)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:25 AM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Nine of the 10 biggest U.S. banks by assets, including Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley, reduced their political giving last year, Federal Election Commission reports show.

China: Taiwan arms sales harm national interest (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2006 photo, a U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises in Ilan County, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Taipei, Taiwan. The United States is planning to sell US$6.4 billion in arms, including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology, to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time. (AP Photo/File)AP - China's foreign minister warned that U.S. plans to sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan will harm Chinese efforts to unify peacefully with the island, the ministry said Sunday, after China suspended U.S. military exchanges and threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies.

Headset on, Obama does basketball commentary on TV (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:24 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks with fans during the Georgetown Duke basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - There was a familiar voice behind the microphone during the Duke-Georgetown basketball game — that of Barack Obama.

Primary time: Let the political family feuds begin (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010, file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, share a light moment during the Texas GOP gubernatorial candidates debate at the WFAA Channel 8 studios in downtown Dallas, Texas. Come February eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races nationwide; in Texas the state's longest-serving governor is trying to fend off Hutchison, a Washington insider, in what may be the hottest GOP primary race . (AP Photo/Louis DeLuca, Pool)AP - 'Tis the season when Democrats and Republicans eat their own.

Obama: Cutting deficit as important as job growth (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama tours Chesapeake Machine in Baltimore before talking about the jobs tax credit. The White House began making clear well before Christmas that Obama's 2010 emphasis would be jobs, jobs, jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Obama taking populist tone in fight over jobs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama tours Chesapeake Machine in Baltimore before talking about the jobs tax credit. The White House began making clear well before Christmas that Obama's 2010 emphasis would be jobs, jobs, jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama is shifting his administration's emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November's elections.

Obama wants to repeal tax on company cell phones (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:07 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks with David Axelrod, right, senior adviser, as they watch the Georgetown Duke basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law?

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