2010年12月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Democrats defy Obama on tax deal as Senate sets vote (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:14 PM PST

Reuters - Angry Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday rejected President Barack Obama's plan to extend low tax rates, as the Senate scheduled a vote on the measure, which has significant Republican support.

Obama and family light National Christmas Tree (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:43 PM PST

President Barack Obama smiles as he and his youngest daughter, Sasha, 9, attend the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Christmas has arrived in Washington.

Obama to Senate: Revisit the gay ban this year (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 03:03 PM PST

President Barack Obama pauses at the stage curtain as he arrives to sign the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 which settles long-standing lawsuits by African American farmers and Native Americans against the federal government, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. The act also authorizes $1.15 billion for black farmers who say they were discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is urging the Senate to try again to repeal the military's ban on openly gay service members before the end of the year.

In Haitian Election Crisis, Vote Recount Ordered, Protests Continue (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:47 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Ever since the Jean Bertrand Aristide days and his ouster in a 2004 rebellion, Haiti has been a troubled nation. The mostly poor population has been continuously assaulted by massive natural disasters and a cholera plague over the last year, leaving the island nation devastated. Infrastructure is broken at best and public services are only partially functioning. In the shadow of those events and their consequences, waves of protests and violence are sweeping the country. Partly to blame are the recent election results.

White House: Obama and Bill Clinton to meet Friday (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:46 PM PST

AP - An administration official says President Barack Obama is planning to meet with former President Bill Clinton at the White House.

Obama dangled White House visit to ease Ivorian row (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:52 PM PST

Laurent Gbagbo talks during a news conference at his party headquarters in Abidjan November 9, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - President Barack Obama offered to invite Laurent Gbagbo to the White House if he respected Ivory Coast's election and stepped down, but has not received a response, a White House official said on Thursday.

Bill Maher Calls President Obama a Wimp (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:24 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Popular HBO comedian Bill Maher criticized president Barack Obama, calling him "wimpy and wussy," according to BusinessInsider. Maher made his comments during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, while conversing on numerous hot topics in the nation. Maher commented on his disappointment on the way president Obama and his administration handled the healthcare controversy, blaming them for being too eager to compromise, thus having to forfeit the public option.

In blow to Obama, allies reject tax deal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:44 PM PST

In a blow to US President Barack Obama, pictured on December 8, his Democratic allies in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to reject a compromise he reached with Republicans to avert a massive New Year's tax hike.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - In a blow to US President Barack Obama, his Democratic allies in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to reject a compromise he reached with Republicans to avert a massive New Year's tax hike.

Obama pushes export reforms, eyes Russia in WTO (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks before signing the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday voiced strong support for Russian membership in the World Trade Organization as he laid out an overhaul of export controls to help U.S. high-tech firms increase foreign sales.

Jim DeMint Launches GOP Dissent Over Obama Tax Compromise (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:46 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Americans hoping for Congress and President Barack Obama to pull it together for the good of the nation just in time for a holiday miracle may find absolutely nothing under the tree this year, save empty promises and an appalling overabundance of asinine political grandstanding.

Likely GOP hopefuls line up against nuclear treaty (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:25 AM PST

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) arrives on the red carpet for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington, December 5, 2010. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey, former Beatle Paul McCartney, country music legend Merle Haggard, Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman of AP - Republicans weighing a White House bid fiercely oppose a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia and stand in stark contrast to two presidents, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George H.W. Bush, on a critical foreign policy issue.

Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation (Daily Caller)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:24 AM PST

Daily Caller - Former Alaska Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he is mulling a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012.

House vote delays cut in Medicare pay for doctors (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:07 AM PST

AP - The House has passed and sent to President Barack Obama a bill to delay for a year an impending sharp cut in Medicare pay to doctors that threatened to disrupt care for the nation's seniors.

US warns Ivory Coast leader of sanctions (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:04 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration is threatening the president of Ivory Coast with punitive sanctions if he does not step down from power after losing the West African nation's elections last month.

Despite Obama election, US far from color-blind: study (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:42 AM PST

US President Barack Obama and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (L) on December 4. Many Americans consider that mixed-race people like President Barack Obama belong to their minority parent group, which is still widely seen as socially inferior to whites, a study released Thursday shows.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Many Americans consider that mixed-race people like President Barack Obama belong to their minority parent group, which is still widely seen as socially inferior to whites, a study released Thursday shows.

Bush v. Gore Timeline (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:36 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - The 2000 presidential election was the most contested and controversial in U.S. history.

African Union suspends Ivory Coast (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:28 AM PST

Ivory Coast's former Prime Minister and presidential election candidate Alassane Ouattara speaks during a press conference in Abidjan's Golf Hotel on December 8. The African Union suspended Ivory Coast from its ranks Thursday after Laurent Gbagbo failed to heed its call to stand down as president and respect election results that handed victory to his rival.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - The African Union suspended Ivory Coast from its ranks Thursday and the United States warned of sanctions, further isolating Laurent Gbagbo as he defied calls to quit power following disputed polls.

US Democrats vote to reject Obama tax deal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:38 AM PST

In a blow to US President Barack Obama, pictured on December 8, his Democratic allies in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to reject a compromise he reached with Republicans to avert a massive New Year's tax hike.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to reject a compromise he reached with Republicans to avert a massive New Year's tax hike.

Panel urges Obama to work on deficit plan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:36 AM PST

Reuters - The co-chairs of the deficit commission urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to launch negotiations with Congress early next year on a serious fiscal responsibility plan.

Liberal group attacks Obama as a hypocrite and a wimp (Daily Caller)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:23 AM PST

Daily Caller - A liberal group launched an ad today attacking President Obama for compromising with the GOP on tax cuts for the rich when he vehemently campaigned against them.

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