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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2840 politics Politics - Bloomberg en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2840 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090703/pl_bloomberg/anip7te_bttk bloomberg/20090703/anip7te_bttk Bloomberg politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward Kennedy’s health committee released a new health-care overhaul plan that lawmakers said would lead to coverage for most Americans, in part by assessing fees on companies that don’t offer insurance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/awxynp4hzyri bloomberg/20090702/awxynp4hzyri Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Mark Warner expressed concern that President Barack Obama’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, centerpiece of a rules overhaul, is “divorced” from markets and would be a “gotcha” enforcer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/ams9v_euxe0y bloomberg/20090702/ams9v_euxe0y Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:01 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate may pass legislation to slow climate change and then fail to approve a global treaty that commits nations to do so, Senator John Kerry said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/aszivhkhc38 bloomberg/20090702/aszivhkhc38 Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:59 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will be looking to trumpet their commitment to reducing nuclear arms when they meet in Moscow next week. Resetting U.S.- Russian relations may be harder. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/aabuhdd8juvi bloomberg/20090702/aabuhdd8juvi Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:09 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Governor Mark Sanford’s battles with fellow Republicans who run South Carolina’s Legislature have left him with few allies as he tries to stave off calls for his resignation after admitting to an extramarital affair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/axdo9eh03tim bloomberg/20090702/axdo9eh03tim Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:08:43 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker, is advancing money to U.S. dealers so they can immediately take advantage of a “cash for clunkers” program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/abnnroshiimy bloomberg/20090702/abnnroshiimy Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Connecticut firefighter case resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court this week showed the power of the court’s conservative wing to reshape the law. The rest of the nine-month term underscored the limits of that power. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/aig149nlojk0 bloomberg/20090702/aig149nlojk0 Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:15:18 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of U.S. Marines drove into a major Taliban opium-growing region in Afghanistan, opening a phase of President Barack Obama’s strategy to stem gains by insurgents in that country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/attce65rtbdi bloomberg/20090702/attce65rtbdi Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:01 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is considering new curbs on U.S. oil refineries whose gas emissions pose a cancer risk to hundreds of thousands of people living near the plants, setting up a potential conflict with companies over the cost of new regulations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/ahpwilj5zf4s bloomberg/20090701/ahpwilj5zf4s Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:34:18 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Al Franken’s victory in the Minnesota Senate race will give his party an edge in congressional battles that still may fall short of total control. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/aok4mvsh_raw bloomberg/20090701/aok4mvsh_raw Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s committee will propose creating a government-backed alternative to private insurance designed to pay for itself after getting federal start-up money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/apcedycxwpqo bloomberg/20090702/apcedycxwpqo Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:38:51 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Theodore Olson, the lawyer who won the 2000 Supreme Court case that made George W. Bush president, might have been the natural choice to argue in favor of California’s same-sex marriage ban. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/absw8ypwvgfy bloomberg/20090702/absw8ypwvgfy Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:39 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of U.S. Marines drove into a key Taliban opium-growing region in pursuit of the Obama administration’s new focus on securing Afghanistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/aptkhzgpde6s bloomberg/20090702/aptkhzgpde6s Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Governor Mark Sanford’s battles with fellow Republicans who run South Carolina’s Legislature leave him with few allies as he tries to stave off calls for his resignation after admitting to an extramarital affair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/agqxl5bnsuag bloomberg/20090702/agqxl5bnsuag Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Theodore Olson, the lawyer who won the 2000 Supreme Court case that made George W. Bush president, might have been the natural choice to argue in favor of California’s same-sex marriage ban. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090702/pl_bloomberg/arhl__xetuhk bloomberg/20090702/arhl__xetuhk Bloomberg politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is considering new curbs on U.S. oil refineries whose gas emissions pose a cancer risk to hundreds of thousands of people living near the plants, setting up a potential conflict with companies over the cost of new regulations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/aubpqyzcuxpm bloomberg/20090701/aubpqyzcuxpm Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:13:32 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Seven U.S. states from California to Connecticut began the fiscal year today without spending plans in place as they battle over tax increases and other measures to balance budgets amid declining revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/amioyi26hnzc bloomberg/20090701/amioyi26hnzc Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:36:07 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. “cash-for-clunkers” Web site got 400,000 hits in a week, signaling “huge interest” in the discount trade-in program for cars and light trucks, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/awt_gdqiqml8 bloomberg/20090701/awt_gdqiqml8 Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:34:20 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- California is poised to issue more than $3 billion in IOUs to pay some bills after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to close a $24 billion budget deficit facing the most-populous U.S. state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/bloombergpl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090701/pl_bloomberg/aye7mh2mcxuc bloomberg/20090701/aye7mh2mcxuc Bloomberg politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:39:06 GMT Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Biogen Idec Inc., the world’s largest maker of drugs for multiple sclerosis, will pay as much as $510 million for rights to market Acorda Therapeutics Inc.’s experimental MS pill outside the U.S.