2010年3月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:48 PM PDT

People hold a banner as they stand near the site of the 'Showdown in Searchlight' tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., Saturday, March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign.

Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office at the White House to board the Marine One helicopter to leave for Camp David in Washington on March 26. Obama made his first recess appointments without Senate confirmation Saturday, voicing regret that 15 of his nominees were held up by Republican obstruction tactics.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment.

Obama must seize momentum after big week (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama picks up four-year-old Barack Anthony Stroud after he spoke about health care reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: the biggest reform to health care in decades, an overhaul of college loans, and a U.S. deal with its old foe Russia to shrink the nuclear arsenals of both countries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: a historic remaking of America's health care system, an overhaul of how students pay for college and a groundbreaking deal with Russia to shrink nuclear arsenals.

US says missing contractor in Iraq returns (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 01:45 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. says an Iraqi-American contractor believed to have been kidnapped in Baghdad in January is back in American hands.

The backlash: Reform turns personal (Politico)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:51 AM PDT

People gather before a rally in the desert outside Searchlight, Nev. Saturday, March 27, 2010. Sarah Palin and thousands of conservative 'tea party' activists plan to descend on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's hometown in the Nevada desert Saturday to call for the ouster of Democrats who supported the health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)Politico - Reps. Louise Slaughter and Bart Stupak have received death threats.

STIMULUS WATCH: Weatherizing program falling short (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Roseann Mitchell, of the Community Action Agency, checks carbon monoxide levels in a home as part of a combustion appliance safety test Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, in San Francisco. One year after the president unveiled a new stimulus-funded program to create jobs by saving energy, the Weatherization Assistance Program is lagging so far behind that critics question whether it will ever achieve either goal. Nationwide, the $5 billion program has only retrofitted 30,250 people's homes and added 12,925 new jobs, a far cry from the 87,000 people the Department of Energy said would find work through partnerships with states and local governments. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.

Obama health insurance requirement taken from GOP (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PDT

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks with Elizabeth Brackett at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago, in this photo taken Wednesday, March 24, 2010. None of the potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates has been more aggressive than Romney in criticizing the new health care overhaul. Then again, none shares his vulnerability on the issue. The new law bears striking similarities to one the former Massachusetts governor signed in 2006, and that's creating an uncomfortable straddle for Romney as his party makes attacking 'Obamacare' its primary message this midterm year. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)AP - Republicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it.

Source: Obama to name chief for Medicare, Medicaid (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 12:41 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama intends to nominate Massachusetts pediatrician Donald Berwick, known for his work to improve patient care, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid.

Obama: Loan changes make college more affordable (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama smiles in the East Room of the White House in Washington, during the signing ceremony for the health care bill. Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: the biggest reform to health care in decades, an overhaul of college loans, and a U.S. deal with its old foe Russia to shrink the nuclear arsenals of both countries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Big changes in the student loan program will help make college more affordable for students and their debt load more manageable after graduation, President Barack Obama says.

GOP's health care strategy: Repeal and replace (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks from the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Repeal the new health care overhaul and replace it with something better, says the Senate's top Republican, who led a solid wall of GOP opposition to the Democratic plan.

Obama search for TSA chief continues, nominee out (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:30 PM PDT

FILE - President Barack Obama buttons his jacket as he steps off Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington in this March 25, 2010 file photo. Obama is back to square one — again — in finding a transportation security chief to shore up the nation's defenses against terrorist threats from the air, road and rail after retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding took himself out of the running Friday night March 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is back to square one — again — in finding a transportation security chief to shore up the nation's defenses against terrorist threats from the air, road and rail.

As Congress takes break, Obama names 15 recess appointments (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reignited a partisan fight over appointments Saturday when he announced his intention to fill 15 key vacant administration positions -- that normally require Senate approval -- while Congress is adjourned for vacation.

Obama makes 15 recess appointments, blames Republicans (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama departs the White House in Washington for a weekend at Camp David, Maryland March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday announced he would make 15 recess appointments held up by Republicans, including two top Treasury Department positions and two on the National Labor Relations Board that have been vacant for more than a year.

Obama's new agency and board appointments (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama announced his intention on Saturday to make 15 recess appointments to federal boards and agencies, circumventing the usual process of Senate confirmation. Those 15 nominees are:

Analysis: Nuclear treaty and Obama's `new start' (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 26, 2010, after phoning Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the new START treaty. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The name, perhaps more than the content, of a new U.S.-Russian arms treaty — dubbed the "New START" — conveys President Barack Obama's message about the direction of superpower relations.

Ill. Democrats choose nominee after scandal (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Illinois Democrats chose the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon as their nominee for lieutenant governor Saturday following a scandal that forced the primary election winner to step down.

Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Conservative darling Sarah Palin urged a cheering crowd on Friday to vote for her former running mate John McCain, lending much-needed support as he faces the toughest re-election battle of his long career in the U.S. Senate.

Second Obama pick for security post withdraws name (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:23 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's second pick to oversee U.S. transportation security has withdrawn from consideration, the White House said.

Christian faith: five points of New Calvinism (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 08:56 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Calvinism generally refers to five doctrinal points â€" Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints (or TULIP) â€" that were established after John Calvin died. Scholar Allen Guelzo, putting his interpretation on TULIP, says the doctrines explain the most basic questions any theology or philosophy can ask:

Iraq's Allawi says open to all in coalition talks (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Supporters of Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hold a poster while chanting slogans against the Baath Party during a protest about the election results in Baghdad March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Iraq election winner Iyad Allawi said on Saturday he was open to alliances with any faction and wanted quickly to form a government that would build strong relationships with its regional neighbors.

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