Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill (AP)
• Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP)
• Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP)
• Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal (AP)
• House accepts Massa resignation (Politico)
• Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit (AP)
• Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator (AP)
• House bans misleading census mailings (AP)
• Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)
• House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium (AP)
• House bans some earmarks amid ethics concerns (Reuters)
• US lawmakers reject Afghan pull-out (AFP)
• House rejects pullout from Afghanistan (Reuters)
• U.S. calls Myanmar election laws "a mockery" (Reuters)
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• Va OKs 1st bill banning mandated health coverage (AP)
• House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan (AP)
• First lady launches contest for healthy kids games (AP)
• Clinton, Gates say US help abroad improves image (AP)
• Jeb Bush's son doesn't expect dad to run in 2012 (AP)

Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:03 PM PST AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.

Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:42 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PST AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

House accepts Massa resignation (Politico) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:11 AM PST Politico - The House of Representatives accepted the resignation of Rep. Eric Massa on Tuesday, just hours after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer dismissed as “absurd” and “untrue” his claim that he was pushed out because of his opposition to the Democrats' health care bill.

Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:25 PM PST AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom's help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran.

Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.

House bans misleading census mailings (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PST AP - The House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban misleading mailings designed to appear they're from the Census Bureau, following criticism that Republican groups were sending fundraising letters using the census name.

Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:59 PM PST AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.

House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PST AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.

House bans some earmarks amid ethics concerns (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:12 PM PST Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to limit the ability of lawmakers to tuck pet projects into spending bills amid mounting election-year ethics concerns.

US lawmakers reject Afghan pull-out (AFP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:59 PM PST AFP - The House of Representatives on Wednesday roundly defeated a resolution demanding President Barack Obama withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, in a key election-year test for his war strategy.

House rejects pullout from Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure calling for President Barack Obama to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan, in an election-year test of his decision to escalate the war.

U.S. calls Myanmar election laws "a mockery" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:52 PM PST Reuters - New laws enacted by Myanmar's military government make a mockery of democracy and ensure that elections due later this year will be a farce, the United States said on Wednesday.

(AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:39 PM PST AP - Obama: 'We are not backing down, we are not quitting' in push for health care overhaul.

Va OKs 1st bill banning mandated health coverage (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PST AP - Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states.

House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PST AP - The House on Wednesday soundly rejected an effort by anti-war lawmakers to force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

First lady launches contest for healthy kids games (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:01 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama challenged software and video game designers Wednesday to develop games and tools that get kids, especially 9- to 12-year-olds, excited about eating better and exercising more.

Clinton, Gates say US help abroad improves image (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:36 PM PST AP - Bill Clinton and Bill Gates said Wednesday that U.S. investments in fighting AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a vital role in improving America's image abroad.

Jeb Bush's son doesn't expect dad to run in 2012 (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PST AP - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012.

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