2010年6月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama plans speech, victims fund for Gulf (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:49 PM PDT

A worker cleans up oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill along the beach, Sunday, June 13, 2010, in Grand Isle, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - President Barack Obama demanded that BP set up a compensation fund for the oil-tainted Gulf Coast and prepared for his first Oval Office address to the nation as he tried to wrest control of the environmental disaster threatening to overwhelm his administration.

Adviser says Obama will be campaigning this fall (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:03 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says the president will be out on the campaign trail for Democratic candidates in the fall elections.

Senators call on BP to set up $20B special account (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:51 AM PDT

AP - Democratic senators want BP to set aside $20 billion to pay for cleanup and other costs from the Gulf oil spill.

Dealmakers or dealbreakers face financial overhaul (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2010 file photo, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers will tackle sticking points and try to blend House and Senate bills into a single rewrite of banking regulations. A final measure, which President Barack Obama wants by July 4, is intended to prevent another financial crisis like the 2008 meltdown, which triggered a deep recession. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - They are the sticking points that would gum up the Wall Street overhaul.

Kagan confirmation would affect major tobacco case (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Newly released documents from the Clinton White House provide glimpses into how Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan approached a number of controversial issues, including assisted suicide, religious freedom, abortion and defending the president against impeachment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - It's a simple matter of math: Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court has complicated the government's effort to force the tobacco industry to cough up nearly $300 billion.

Obama adviser questions legitimacy of SC candidate (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT

AP - A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the Democratic nominee for the Senate in South Carolina doesn't appear to be a legitimate candidate.

Palin more pragmatic than friends and foes expect (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this May, 14, 2010, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters after she endorses S.C. gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley,left, during a campaign rally at The Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Haley scored an unexpected first place finish in the gubernatorial primary. Candidates actively seek the favor of Palin, the darling of the restless tea party movement, labeled by one campaign 'the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for conservatives.' But does Sarah Palin's support matter? And what's in it for her as she leaves open the possibility of her own presidential run? (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Sarah Palin the political pragmatist? Go figure. With a few surprising endorsements in recent Republican primaries, the self-styled rogue of GOP politics has reaped an angry response from some of her own supporters and a fresh round of speculation about her own presidential ambitions in 2012.

Obama to address nation this week on oil spill (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 06:58 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama plans an Oval Office speech Tuesday night about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Political fundraising tool taps social networks (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:39 PM PDT

AP - Candidates in some top political races are raising big sums of money using software that taps donors' social networks, an endeavor that lets the donors track their friends' donations with the zeal a fantasy baseball team owner uses to monitor player statistics.

Michelle Obama speaks to Camp Pendleton troops (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama meets with Marines and families during a visit to U.S. Marine Base Camp Pendleton in California June 13, 2010. REUTERS/K.C. Alfred (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - First lady Michelle Obama is challenging Americans to come up with ways to show support for U.S. troops and their families.

Obama backs Israel's inquiry into flotilla raid (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:21 PM PDT

AP - The White House backs Israel's inquiry into its deadly raid last month on a flotilla trying to break a blockade against Gaza, saying the independent public commission is "an important step forward."

Obama asks Congress for 50 bln dlrs in aid to states, cities (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, pictured in May 2010, has appealed to Congress to quickly approve some 50 billion dollars in emergency aid to state and local governments to prevent massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama has appealed to Congress to quickly approve some 50 billion dollars in emergency aid to state and local governments to prevent massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters.

Obama steps up push for added economic stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:03 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on small business jobs initiatives in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington June 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama and his aides are stepping up a push for further government spending to boost the economy as signs grow of the recovery's fragility.

Early Belgian poll boost for Flemish separatists (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:12 AM PDT

N-VA chairman Bart De Wever leaves a booth at a polling station in Berchem during the country's legislative elections. Flemish separatists scored an unprecedented victory in Sunday's general election and immediately called for sweeping change across Belgium as negotiations to form a government begin.(AFP/BELGA/Dirk Waem)AFP - Early results from Belgium's general election on Sunday showed the Flemish separatist NVA party enjoying unprecedented support, heightening fears of a move towards splitting the nation.

Flemish separatists make gains in Belgian vote (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 08:13 AM PDT

Belgium's outgoing premier Yves Leterme casts his vote at a polling station in Ieper. The first results from Belgium's general election have confirmed a breakthrough for Flemish separatists, indicating they may emerge as the largest party in the country's Dutch-speaking region.(AFP/Belga/Peter de Coninck)AFP - The first results from Belgium's general election on Sunday have confirmed a breakthrough for Flemish separatists, indicating they may emerge as the largest party in the country's Dutch-speaking region.

Obama to call for escrow fund for BP claims (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Laughing Gulls gather on marshland coated with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on an island near Grand Isle, Louisiana June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - President Barack Obama will tell BP executives this week that he wants the oil company to establish an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, a U.S. official said on Sunday.

Obama and GOP bicker over doctors' Medicare pay (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:31 AM PDT

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talk to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama is asking Republican lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.

Obama takes aim at Republicans on healthcare (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:05 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington June 11, 2010. Obama called on Republicans on Saturday to vote for a delay in cutting government Medicare insurance payments to doctors, taking aim at the opposition party in a renewed election-year push for his new healthcare law. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama called on Republicans on Saturday to vote for a delay in cutting government Medicare insurance payments to doctors, taking aim at the opposition party in a renewed election-year push for his new healthcare law.

Slovak ruling party gets most votes but no majority (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Slovakia's Prime Minister and leader of the Slovak Smer-Social Democracy party, Robert Fico, casts his vote. The ruling leftist Smer party came out on top in the general election but without enough seats to beat a centre-right opposition coalition, near-final results showed Sunday.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)AFP - Slovakia's ruling leftist Smer party came out on top in a general election but without enough seats to beat a centre-right opposition coalition, near-final results showed Sunday.

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