Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health (AP)
• Obama pushes senators for climate bill (AP)
• Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally (AP)
• Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP)
• Lights, camera, reconcile! (Politico)
• Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan (AP)
• Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle (AP)
• A policy change on abortion, but how radical? (AP)
• Govt to warn on baby slings because of deaths (AP)
• Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail (AP)
• US general eyes 'months' before Iraq government (AFP)
• Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter (AP)
• Democratic senator opposes fast-track health bill (AP)
• Michelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian (AP)
• Navy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect (AP)
• Biden condemns new E. Jerusalem settlements (AP)
• US official apologizes for joke about Gadhafi (AP)
• Business groups launch ad against health care bill (AP)
• Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP)
• Brown team to apply winning strategy elsewhere (AP)

AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:41 PM PST AP - Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight.

Obama pushes senators for climate bill (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.

Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:54 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading.

Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:01 PM PST AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual.

Lights, camera, reconcile! (Politico) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:46 AM PST Politico - The yearlong debate over health care reform — a titanic contest involving big ideas, passionate convictions and lofty principles — is headed toward a highly unlikely endgame: a clash between parliamentary procedure attorneys.

Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.

Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.

A policy change on abortion, but how radical? (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:01 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.

Govt to warn on baby slings because of deaths (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PST AP - The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a cuddle on the move.

Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:57 PM PST AP - Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.

US general eyes 'months' before Iraq government (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:33 PM PST AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq on Tuesday predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but downplayed fears of instability.

Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:56 PM PST AP - A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem.

Democratic senator opposes fast-track health bill (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:07 PM PST AP - A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.

Michelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:50 PM PST AP - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she'll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Cinderella-like spins on the dance floor as first lady.

Navy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:14 PM PST AP - The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect explosives.

Biden condemns new E. Jerusalem settlements (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:02 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden is condemning Israel's approval of 1,600 new settlement homes in disputed East Jerusalem and says the timing undermines the peace process the United States is attempting to revive.

US official apologizes for joke about Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:52 PM PST AP - A senior State Department official said Tuesday he's sorry for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that prompted Libya to threaten diplomatic retaliation unless he apologized.

Business groups launch ad against health care bill (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:23 PM PST AP - Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.

Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:10 PM PST AP - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.

Brown team to apply winning strategy elsewhere (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:07 PM PST AP - The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. First stop: Rhode Island.

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