Monday, September 6, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, leaves Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Monday, Sep. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.

As election season heats up, Democrats battle grim prospects (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 07:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wave to the crowd at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. When President Barack Obama makes his third Wisconsin visit in a little over two months Monday, he will get a chance to shore up his base at a Labor Day rally in a state where his approval ratings are dipping and fellow Democrats face tough re-election bids. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Just how bad could things get for the Democrats when voters head to the polls in November?

Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:33 AM PDT

AP - A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago.

Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Frank faces opposition in the Sept. 14, 2010 primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation.

Miller's upset win changes game in Alaska (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:39 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The dynamics in the Alaska Senate race were changed dramatically when Sen. Lisa Murkowski was upset in the Aug. 24 GOP primary by Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller. While we're not convinced that national Democrats will commit the level of resources needed to make the race competitive, CQ Politics is moving the rating of the race from Safe Republican to Likely Republican to reflect the new uncertainty of the open-seat contest.

Van Hollen attacks report, asserts DCCC commitment (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:38 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) sharply contested a New York Times article, saying Sunday that it "erroneously suggests that the DCCC has decided not to allocate resources to specific campaigns."

US, China hail warmer relationship (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:46 AM PDT

China's Vice-Premier Wang Qishan address the press at the end of the third Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 2010. Qishan said he was looking forward to discussing China-US ties in trade, investment and finance in talks with US Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon and US National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers.(AFP/POOL/File/Adrian Bradshaw)AFP - Chinese and US officials congratulated each other Monday on a warming of ties between the two powers, after relations were strained earlier this year.

Angle hit with lawsuit (Politico)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Politico - Nevada Senate candidate is accused of violating copyright laws on her campaign website.

Top 10 what-ifs of the midterm elections (Politico)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 01:37 AM PDT

Politico - Here’s POLITICO’s look back at the midterm cycle’s most influential roads not taken.

Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:48 AM PDT

AP - It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy — perhaps even using a blood test.

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:49 AM PDT

AP - A government official said Friday that a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.

UK minister jailed for 4 years over sham marriages (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:53 AM PDT

AP - A British judge sentenced a Church of England minister to four years in jail on Monday for his part in a sham-marriage scam which saw hundreds of African men marry European women so they could stay in Britain.

As Democrats fear rout, Obama launches new jobs push (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:50 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes remarks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. US Obama Monday promised more than 50 billion dollars to create jobs rebuilding roads, railways and airports, targeting huge unemployment and ripping resurgent Republicans.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday promised more than 50 billion dollars to create jobs rebuilding roads, railways and airports, targeting huge unemployment and ripping resurgent Republicans.

Evaluating Obama's 'Second Stimulus' Proposals (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:10 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - As the job market and housing sector continue to suffer, the White House is seeking initiatives meant to re-stimulate the economy, following the first stimulus efforts of 2009. According to Time magazine, "most nonpartisan economists agree" that the first stimulus was successful in the short-term but did not go far enough. The "second stimulus" proposals are a $100 billion tax credit for businesses and $50 billion on infrastructure spending. Any such measures must still be improved by an increasingly partisan Congress that is expected to shift heavily Republican in November.

Parties launch battle for control of Congress (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:39 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - In many ways, the traditional post-Labor Day start to the fall campaign has become an antiquated notion.

Obama proposed $50 billion to rebuild road, rails and runways (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday proposes a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he says will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.

Outside Groups' Campaign Expenditures Have Doubled (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Outside organizations have shelled out twice as much on ads and other electioneering activities to affect Congressional races so far during the 2010 election cycle as they did two years ago.

Senate seats that might change hands in November (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - Democratic seats in play:
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