Sunday, January 2, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

GOP agenda: Major impact may be on 2012 election (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:33 AM PST

FILE - In this April 15, 2010 file photo, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican agenda for the 112th Congress that convenes Wednesday may have a greater impact on the 2012 elections than the lives of Americans in the next two years. Issa, the chief Republican investigator, is raring to get started. As the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he's been especially critical of what he calls waste in Obama’s economic stimulus spending. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - The Republican agenda for the new Congress that convenes Wednesday may have a greater impact on the 2012 elections than on the lives of Americans in the next two years.

Obama signs Sept. 11 first responders bill (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:47 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to provide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and first responders who became ill working in the ruins at the World Trade Center.

Senator proposes permanent US bases in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:37 AM PST

Pfc, Mark Puget from Woodland CA, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry stands guard as a woman passes by during a patrol in Chowkay district in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A leading GOP lawmaker on U.S. military policy says he wants American officials to consider establishing permanent military bases in Afghanistan.

GOP investigator critical of attorney general (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:07 AM PST

AP - The Republican's top House investigator has a suggestion for Attorney General Eric Holder: Step it up or step down.

GOP lawmaker: Go after health care piece by piece (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:14 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesAP - A top House Republican says GOP lawmakers will go after President Barack Obama's health care law piece by piece to see if they can make it crumble.

Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceiling (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:46 PM PST

In this photo provided by CBS, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., discusses what's ahead for the new Congress on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo, CBS, Chris Usher)AP - Some Republican lawmakers said Sunday they opposed raising the ceiling on the nation's debt without tackling government spending, and President Barack Obama's top economic adviser warned against "playing chicken" on the issue.

Kaine: No serious 2012 primary challenge to Obama (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST

AP - The national Democratic Party chairman says he thinks the chances that President Barack Obama will face a serious primary challenger in 2012 are "virtually nil."

Issa pledges to take on White House over spending (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 06:40 AM PST

AP - The GOP's top House investigator in the new Congress is putting the White House on notice that he's going to be aggressive in going after what he considers wasteful spending by the Obama administration.

Issa the statesman? (Politico)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:19 AM PST

Politico - New House oversight committee chairman says the panel will not conduct a witch hunt against Obama.

Debt ceiling a major test for GOP (Politico)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:29 AM PST

Politico - House Republicans will face a tough vote on whether to increase the nation's ability to borrow money.

GOP-led House plans to fight Obama pollution plan (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:55 AM PST

AP - The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising a fight over the Obama administration's new approach on limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Pope denounces abuses of Christians (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:33 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square to bless the nativity scene at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI marked the final hours of 2010 on Friday with public prayer and a word of concern for families struggling with economic troubles. Benedict gave thanks for God's grace and love throughout the year as he presided over a traditional New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to remain strong in the face of intolerance and violence in a New Year's appeal that came several hours after a bomb blast outside an Egyptian church that killed at least 21 people as worshippers left Mass.

Obama signs health bill for September 11 responders (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:45 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Sunday signed into law a bill that funds medical care for firefighters and other responders to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Is Obama's Ambassador Gunning for His Job? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:15 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - When President Obama appointed Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to serve as U.S. ambassador to China in 2009, political strategists deemed it a cunning political move. Enlisting Hunstman, a fast-rising GOP star, would surely preclude him from launching a 2012 presidential bid. Or so they thought... This week, Newsweek's McKay Coppins advances the notion that Huntsman will run in 2012. It's a highly speculative piece and some are already pouring cold water on it. Nevertheless, it relies on two reported moments. First, the interview Huntsman gives to Coppins."You know, I’m really focused on what we’re doing in our current position,” Huntsman says. “But we won’t do this forever, and I think we may have one final run left in our bones.” Coppins then presses him on 2012 and Huntsman "declines to comment." To Coppins that was a "winking response" or "about as close to a hat-in-ring announcement as you’ll get from a sitting member of the incumbent’s administration." Secondly, Huntsman insiders tell Coppins that the former Utah governor has been meeting with "several former political advisers in Washington and Salt Lake City to discuss a potential [2012] campaign." And that's a wrap.Obviously, Coppins isn't laying out enough facts to make an airtight caseâ€"but is his story plausible?No: This Just Doesn't Make Sense, writes James Fallows at The Atlantic:Political speculation is fun, and we do a lot of it (a) because so many weird things do happen, and (b) there's so little penalty for being proven wrong. But before Newsweek gave this such splashy display, they might have asked: does this pass the "are you kidding" test? To me, it does not...Huntsman is part of the Obama administration. He is right in the middle of dealings with America's most important foreign-policy partner/challenge. So in the GOP Primaries, how exactly is he going to out-anti-Obama anyone else in the field, given that he has served Obama (and, yes, the country) so loyally? The retorts from all the other Republicans are almost too easy. "If Ambassssadorrr Huntsman is so concerned about the Obama threat to America, then why,...?"

Saul Anuzis steps up to battle Michael Steele for RNC chairmanship (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:25 AM PST

Daily Caller - The first candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the Republican National Committee chair in November, national GOP committeeman Saul Anuzis said the RNC needs a fresh start after a tumultuous two years that involved a host of "gory details" that "donors and activists don't want to relive."

Christine O'Donnell Thinks Joe Biden, Not Witchcraft, Is After Her (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

Time.com - She claims the issue was not confusion over the law, but a vindictive Vice President Joe Biden, who beat O'Donnell by nearly 30 percentage points in the 2008 elections.
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