Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Senate rejects Social Security bonus payment (AP)
• NY Dem Massa to quit after 1 term, cites health (AP)
• Facing ethics probes, Rangel drops tax leadership (AP)
• Volatile new top tax writer has his own baggage (AP)
• Govt slow to force safer designs for window blinds (AP)
• Obama takes charge, demands vote on health care (AP)
• Administration pushes for Wall Street regulations (AP)
• Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran (AP)
• Drivers complain that Toyota's fixes didn't work (AP)
• Obama moves to rein in 'too-big-to-fail' banks (AFP)
• Senate rejects bonus Social Security payments (AP)
• First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP)
• Election weakens Texas ed board conservatives (AP)
• Here's how 'reconciliation' works in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Leaders on gay ban study vow objectivity (AP)
• Obama to mark `America's Most Wanted' anniversary (AP)
• Healthcare reform: Obama nudges Congress toward reconciliation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Senate rejects Social Security bonus payment (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:02 PM PST AP - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Barack Obama to give people on Social Security a $250 bonus check.

NY Dem Massa to quit after 1 term, cites health (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said Wednesday that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing a report that he had been accused of harassing a staffer.

Facing ethics probes, Rangel drops tax leadership (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - Buffeted by ethics inquiries, veteran New York Rep. Charles B. Rangel stepped down Wednesday as chairman of the House's powerful tax-writing committee, delivering a fresh political jolt to a Democratic Party already facing angry voters.

Volatile new top tax writer has his own baggage (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:55 PM PST AP - Rep. Pete Stark is the California Democrat captured on YouTube in a steamy argument about body fluids, politics and lying. He challenged one colleague to a fist fight and called others an assortment of names through the years.

Govt slow to force safer designs for window blinds (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST AP - Shopping for her nursery, Kelly Horvath bought a new window shade because its label advertised its child safety features. She later found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib, the shade's cord wrapped around his neck, another young victim of what U.S. government records show are some of the deadliest recalled consumer products.

Obama takes charge, demands vote on health care (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - The end game at hand, President Barack Obama took command Wednesday of one final attempt by Democrats to enact bitterly contested health care legislation, calling for an "up or down vote" within weeks under rules denying Republicans the ability to kill the bill with mere talk.

Administration pushes for Wall Street regulations (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:27 PM PST AP - The Obama administration waded into negotiations over Wall Street regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financial institutions and insisting that consumer protections remain a central objective of legislative attempts to rein in the industry.

Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - Brazil rebuffed a U.S. appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to "bow down" to gathering international pressure.

Drivers complain that Toyota's fixes didn't work (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floor mat problems, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Obama moves to rein in 'too-big-to-fail' banks (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:24 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's administration moved to rein in America's largest banks Wednesday, sending Congress new rules blocking mega-mergers and barring investments seen as too risky.

Senate rejects bonus Social Security payments (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PST AP - The Senate has rejected President Barack Obama's proposal to give a $250 bonus payment to people on Social Security.

First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson on Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity by keeping kids active.

Election weakens Texas ed board conservatives (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PST AP - The Texas state education board's influential Christian conservative bloc was weakened Wednesday after one of its most prominent members lost his seat to a moderate Republican. Another reliably conservative seat was headed to a runoff.

Here's how 'reconciliation' works in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:10 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats plan to pass major health care legislation using a controversial procedural device called "reconciliation."

Leaders on gay ban study vow objectivity (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:53 PM PST AP - The leaders of a new Pentagon study promised Congress on Wednesday an honest assessment on whether allowing gays to serve openly might cause troops to lose their edge in battle.

Obama to mark `America's Most Wanted' anniversary (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:22 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is going to help TV's "America's Most Wanted" mark the milestone broadcast of its 1,000th episode.

Healthcare reform: Obama nudges Congress toward reconciliation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:07 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to finish healthcare reform with an “up-or-down vote” in the next few weeks.

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