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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1929 politics Politics - Democratic Party en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:58:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1929 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091124/pl_cq_politics/politics3254497 cq/20091124/politics3254497 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:58:23 GMT CQPolitics.com - Ads Hit Three House Democrats on Health Care Vote http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_us/us_kerry_s_daughter ap/20091123/us_kerry_s_daughter AP us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_us/us_kerry_s_daughter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.d4cdc2b1a1d3424ea329cafe4de78468.kerrys_daughter_dui_la101.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=WK4JzG.4isK.RRorzpduzg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="FILE - This file photo taken Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, shows Alexandra Kerry, daughter of Sen. John Kerry, at a film screening in New York. Alexandra Kerry was arrested in Hollywood by Los Angeles police early Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, and tested for driving under the influence. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prosecutors say John Kerry's eldest daughter won't be charged with drunken driving in Los Angeles.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_us/us_kerry_s_daughter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.d4cdc2b1a1d3424ea329cafe4de78468.kerrys_daughter_dui_la101.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=WK4JzG.4isK.RRorzpduzg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="FILE - This file photo taken Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, shows Alexandra Kerry, daughter of Sen. John Kerry, at a film screening in New York. Alexandra Kerry was arrested in Hollywood by Los Angeles police early Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, and tested for driving under the influence. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091123/pl_cq_politics/politics3253823 cq/20091123/politics3253823 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:14:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - Not long after she bucked her leaders and voted against the health care bill, freshman Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.) earned a Democratic primary challenger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091122/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.d929c2bc7677467584b74f42630d8924.health_care_overhaul_wx101.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Owc3oz2lBdFT.tpkULmpXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="In this photograph provided by NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., appears on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.d929c2bc7677467584b74f42630d8924.health_care_overhaul_wx101.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Owc3oz2lBdFT.tpkULmpXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="In this photograph provided by NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., appears on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_democrats ap/20091122/us_health_care_democrats AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:53:04 GMT AP - Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091122/pl_bloomberg/ajzxxfcklr1i bloomberg/20091122/ajzxxfcklr1i Bloomberg politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:13:38 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats united to bring a sweeping health-care plan to the U.S. Senate floor in a party-line vote that kept Republicans from blocking debate on President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul_brown ap/20091122/us_health_care_overhaul_brown AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:07:26 GMT AP - A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091122/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.d929c2bc7677467584b74f42630d8924.health_care_overhaul_wx101.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Owc3oz2lBdFT.tpkULmpXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="In this photograph provided by NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., appears on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.d929c2bc7677467584b74f42630d8924.health_care_overhaul_wx101.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Owc3oz2lBdFT.tpkULmpXQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="In this photograph provided by NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., appears on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091122/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:36:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r2762485150.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=0wc6t.kHw.yh0Dgq22c2HQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) walks to a lectern to speak to the media after the Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/r2762485150.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=0wc6t.kHw.yh0Dgq22c2HQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) walks to a lectern to speak to the media after the Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091122/pl_bloomberg/a2xe8uqr7kc bloomberg/20091122/a2xe8uqr7kc Bloomberg politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:57:37 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats united to bring sweeping health-care legislation to the U.S. Senate floor in a 60-39 party-line vote that kept Republicans from blocking debate on President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091122/pl_politico/29795 politico/20091122/29795 Politico politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:13:00 GMT Politico - Senate Democrats pushed ahead with President Barack Obama&rsquo;s vision of health reform Saturday night &ndash; after a day that exposed significant divides in the party that could make it all but impossible to complete work on a plan by year&rsquo;s end, or even sink the bill altogether. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091122/pl_bloomberg/ah8nvj_tqtra bloomberg/20091122/ah8nvj_tqtra Bloomberg politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:11:19 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats united to bring sweeping health-care legislation to the U.S. Senate floor in a 60-39 party-line vote that kept Republicans from blocking debate on President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/world_briefly ap/20091121/world_briefly AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:53 GMT AP - Democrats seal 60-vote majority to advance health care bill; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes' http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate afp/20091121/healthuspoliticssenate AFP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258843187812-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.S1toQa57S1y9Tuz4zZxJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to senators who will appear on the Sunday morning talk shows in his Senate office in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/healthuspoliticssenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258843187812-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.S1toQa57S1y9Tuz4zZxJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to senators who will appear on the Sunday morning talk shows in his Senate office in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care was on track to clear a key Senate hurdle Saturday, as the last wavering Democrats agreed to vote to formally open debate on the bill.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_co/us_apnewsalert ap/20091121/us_apnewsalert AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:16 GMT AP - Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she'll vote 'yes' on health care test vote, giving Democrats 60. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat nm/20091120/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:44 GMT Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091120/pl_politico/29778 politico/20091120/29778 Politico politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:00 GMT Politico - Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s &ldquo;leaning towards&rdquo; voting to start debate on the health care bill &ndash; which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091120/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:22:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091120/pl_cq_politics/politics3252935 cq/20091120/politics3252935 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:14 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senior House Democrats have introduced legislation that would impose a surtax beginning in 2011 to cover the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091120/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.2f7fa67f0a0347d4bdac137727f1f33d.health_care_overhaul_dcmc106.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=QK9GiMxta6dsgZjxxRZh.w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., center, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democratic leaders are looking ahead to a crucial test vote on health care amid indications the rank-and-file will stand together Saturday to give them the support they need.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.2f7fa67f0a0347d4bdac137727f1f33d.health_care_overhaul_dcmc106.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=QK9GiMxta6dsgZjxxRZh.w--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., center, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)