Friday, December 24, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

A Year After Christmas Eve Senate Vote, Health Reform Celebration Seems Premature (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:15 AM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks on health insurance reform in April 2010. A US judge Monday ruled that a key provision in the Obama's administration's landmark health care reform requiring all Americans to have insurance was unconstitutional.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Time.com - Getting President Obama's health care plan passed ultimately required a more torturous path, and that has a lot to do with why it's not as popular as Democrats had expected

Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable' (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Biden said Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 that the country is evolving on the issue of gay marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday the evolution in thinking that will permit gays to soon serve openly in the military eventually will bring about a national consensus for same-sex marriage.

New tax law packed with obscure business tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:41 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, joined by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, signs the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, during a signing ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The massive new tax law signed by President Barack Obama is filled with all kinds of holiday stocking stuffers for businesses: tax breaks for producing TV shows, grants for putting up windmills, rum subsidies for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The massive new tax bill signed into law by President Barack Obama is filled with all kinds of holiday stocking stuffers for businesses: tax breaks for producing TV shows, grants for putting up windmills, rum subsidies for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Report: Treasury OK'd US business with Iran (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:28 PM PST

A Kraft Foods sign at the corporate headquarters in Northfield, Illinois. President Barack Obama's administration has permitted US firms, including food giants Kraft , to do business worth billions of dollars with Iran and other countries that have been officially blacklisted, a report said Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 special licenses to American companies over the past decade so they could sell some types of products in Iran and other countries the U.S. considers terrorist sponsors, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Alert issued on beverage containers on planes (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:53 PM PST

AP - The Homeland Security Department has alerted air carriers to a potential terror tactic involving insulated beverage containers like thermoses.

Where's Santa? Ask Michelle Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:44 PM PST

AP - Want to know where Santa is? Just ask Michelle Obama.

Chastened, unpopular Congress rallies in lame duck (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - In the middle of a House debate, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky handed the woman in charge of the rules a paper bag. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., peered inside, saw the bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon and laughed.

Upton hires ex-health-care lobbyist (Politico)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST

Politico - President of health care lobbying firm to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

A Christmas prayer: Put the poor first (Politico)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:52 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: This season’s sense of sharing and charity brings out the best in us.

EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 06:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2010 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, listens during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. The Obama administration is moving through regulatory channels to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions after Congress failed to act on new legislation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year.

Italy: Anarchists wanted revenge on Chile, Swiss (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:15 AM PST

A man holds an envelope as he stands outside the Ukrainian embassy where a false bomb alarm was reported, in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. A pair of package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, injuring the two people who opened them, officials said. Police ordered checks at all embassies after the false alarm was also reported at the Ukrainian embassy. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)AP - Anarchists who sent mail bombs to the Rome embassies of Chile and Switzerland wanted to avenge blows by those countries against their movement, a top Italian security official said Friday.

Obamas to spend quiet Christmas in Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama and his family plan to spend a quiet Christmas at their oceanfront Hawaiian vacation home, with hopes that outside events don't interrupt their holiday.

The Oprah 'Parade' interview: 6 revelations (The Week)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

The Week - With the launch of her own network just over a week away, the queen of talk dishes on Sarah Palin, "Dancing with the Stars," and Colin Powell offering her an ambassadorship

Cuban Wikipedia most elaborate propaganda creation ever (Daily Caller)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:06 AM PST

Daily Caller - Last week, Cuba launched EcuRed, it’s own version of Wikipedia. It was an intriguing move for a country whose population has very minimal Internet access. But the Cuban regime produces a large amount of propaganda targeted at the outside world, and EcuRed fits neatly into that framework.

Happy Hour Vid: Yes Virginia, Sarah Palin Did Shoot Rudolph (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:58 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - In just two years on the national stage, Sarah Palin has emerged as the GOP's leading authority on killing animals on television. And while this might help her win a hypothetical primary matchup against Mitt Romney, a snob who doesn't like shooting at things from helicopters, Conan O'Brien wonders if her latest hunting trip might turn off claymation swing voters.
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