Friday, July 29, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

House approves GOP bill extending debt limit (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT

AP - Republicans have muscled legislation to extend the government's borrowing authority and cutting spending through the House over solid Democratic opposition.

House nears vote on GOP debt bill; Dems oppose (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks out of a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Partisan to the core, Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled.

Tea party role in debt bill raises GOP eyebrows (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:45 PM PDT

FILE -- In this July 27, 2011 file photo, people are shown at a Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - House Republicans rode the tea party tiger to power last fall. Now it's turning on them, forcing party leaders to endure embarrassing delays and unwanted revisions to crucial debt-ceiling legislation.

New mileage standards aim for less fuel, pollution (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:36 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama and automakers ushered in the largest cut in fuel consumption since the 1970s on Friday with a deal that will save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes.

Judge: Time to unseal Nixon's Watergate testimony (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974 black-and-white file photo, President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Thirty-six years after Nixon testified secretly to a grand jury investigating Watergate, a federal judge orders the first public release of the transcript. (AP Photo/Charlie Harrity, File)AP - Thirty-six years after Richard Nixon testified to a grand jury about the Watergate break-in that drove him from office, a federal judge on Friday ordered the secret transcript made public.

US weighing payment priorities if default comes (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT

AP - If the government can't pay all its bills come Wednesday, odds are it will pay bondholders. Social Security and Medicare recipients will be high on the must-pay list, too. Likely losers: federal workers in jobs deemed non-essential, private contractors and state and local governments.

Panel: Local support crucial for nuke waste sites (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Efforts to replace a disputed nuclear dump in Nevada are doomed unless officials generate local support for alternative sites, a presidential commission said Friday.

Balanced budget amendment wins plaudits and jeers (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks out of a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget is the best way to force dawdling politicians to finally mop up the record red ink plaguing Washington. Or it is snake oil that would let those same politicians pose as serious deficit warriors while, as always, leaving the real work for later.

Calif. redistricting plan finalized (Politico)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Politico - The plan jeopardizes the careers of many long-serving lawmakers who are Capitol Hill staples.

Poll: Obama hits all-time low (Politico)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Politico - Gallup: His average approval rating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 40 percent.  

Clemens accuses prosecutors of provoking mistrial (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 14, 2011 file photo, former Major League baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Clemens argues that prosecutors intentionally goaded him into asking for a mistrial because their case was going badly. He asks a judge to throw out his indictment on charges of lying to Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - With his trial abruptly cut short, former baseball star Roger Clemens argued Friday that prosecutors intentionally goaded him into asking for a mistrial and asked a judge to throw out his indictment on charges of lying to Congress.

Pro-Democratic outside groups raised $10M (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Outside fundraising groups supporting President Barack Obama and Democratic candidates raised a combined $10 million during the first six months of 2011, providing the first glimpse into how Democrats intend to compete with outside Republican groups planning to pour millions of dollars into next year's elections.

US accuses Iran of 'secret deal' with al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration accused Iran on Thursday of entering into a "secret deal" with an al-Qaida offshoot that provides money and recruits for attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Treasury Department designated six members of the unit as terrorists subject to U.S. sanctions.

UK man jailed for calling for attacks on lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT

AP - A man who posted messages on an Islamic extremist website calling on Muslims to attack British lawmakers has been jailed for 12 years.

Lawmaker: US seeks Saudi nuclear energy deal (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:28 PM PDT

AP - A House Republican says the Obama administration plans talks with Saudi Arabia about potential civil nuclear power deals.

Obama's 'call to tweet': The wisecracks (The Week)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:06 AM PDT

The Week - The president urges Americans to pressure Congress into a bipartisan debt compromise — using 140 characters or less

Obama’s approval numbers hit all-time low (Daily Caller)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Daily Caller - President Barack Obama’s approval rating sank to a new low Friday, according to Gallup’s daily presidential tracking poll.

Buddy Roemer needs one million Americans (Daily Caller)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Daily Caller - In an appearance on The Colbert Report Thursday evening, Republican Presidential hopeful and underdog Buddy Roemer defended his position of taking no money from special interests and PACs, and accepting no donations larger than $100. Roemer expressed confidence that he can still raise the funds necessary to compete.

Tea Party financial advisers: We have no inside info (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Just because some financial advisers associate themselves with the Tea Party doesn't mean they can read tea leaves.

Tea Party Enables Rich, Abandons Middle Class, Poor in Debt Debate (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:04 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Tea Party leaders are bent on destroying America as we know it. They would prefer that our country end up bankrupt rather than raise taxes on the wealthy, and continue to propel our middle-class citizens into the lower ranks of our economy. If the economic situation continues the way the Tea Party would like it to, it won't be long before we have no middle-class left at all.
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