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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 Presidential Elections en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17:12 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1962 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_newseum_presidential_campaigns ap/20120214/us_newseum_presidential_campaigns AP us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17:12 GMT AP - Tina Fey's red suit, flag pin and eyeglasses worn to for her Sarah Palin impression are going on view at the Newseum in Washington, along with items from journalists and candidates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_eu_spain_deficit nm/20120214/us_eu_spain_deficit Reuters topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:03:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_eu_spain_deficit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r215715601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZJ5PI4aPGagze.IiiRAKBg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Spanish flag flutters over the Colon square in central Madrid January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Medina" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The European Union is likely to take action against Spain's newly installed government by May for delaying austerity measures ahead of a regional election next month, sources familiar with the situation have told Reuters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_eu_spain_deficit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r215715601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZJ5PI4aPGagze.IiiRAKBg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Spanish flag flutters over the Colon square in central Madrid January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Medina" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/pl_nm/us_usa_vote nm/20120214/us_usa_vote Reuters politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:57:12 GMT Reuters - One in eight U.S. voter registrations is invalid or markedly inaccurate, the result of an outdated and inefficient registration system, a Pew Center on the States report said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_china_obama ap/20120214/us_china_obama AP us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:50:01 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says good ties between with United States and China are essential, and help the rest of the world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_co/us_payroll_tax ap/20120214/us_payroll_tax AP business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:42:51 GMT AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's hopeful Congress will renew a 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax before it lapses at the end of the month, but said it's important to also renew jobless benefits for millions of the long-term unemployed as well. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_taxes_obama nm/20120214/us_usa_taxes_obama Reuters business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:39:12 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he had seen "hopeful signs" that Congress would pass a payroll tax cut extension for the full year, as he kept pressure on lawmakers to take action he said was needed to keep the U.S. recovery on track. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama ap/20120214/us_obama AP business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:25:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r3623540432.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ufN68NMDsj_QWmCrXy.Jpg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 14, 2012. Obama and Xi will hold talks on Tuesday that could help boost the international stature of China's leader-in-waiting while testing Obama's ability to balance U.S.-China diplomacy with election-year pressures. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday there are "hopeful signs" Congress will reach a deal to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. But he urged the public to keep up the pressure on Congress until an agreement is finalized and a bill lands on his desk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r3623540432.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ufN68NMDsj_QWmCrXy.Jpg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 14, 2012. Obama and Xi will hold talks on Tuesday that could help boost the international stature of China's leader-in-waiting while testing Obama's ability to balance U.S.-China diplomacy with election-year pressures. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_co/us_transportation_politics ap/20120214/us_transportation_politics AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:21 GMT AP - After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to improve the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems to the top of the political agenda. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_taxes_geithner nm/20120214/us_usa_taxes_geithner Reuters business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:57:38 GMT Reuters - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday said the Obama administration is close to presenting a set of principles to Congress to revamp the corporate tax code but that they will not be comprehensive and overhauling the tax code could take years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_china nm/20120214/us_usa_china Reuters topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:56:04 GMT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden pledged to tackle U.S.-China differences head-on as he welcomed Beijing's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping for talks on Tuesday that could set the tone for relations between the two rival powers over the next decade. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china ap/20120214/us_us_china AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:13:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.bf2912a9b8a949f9be33e7dc51187ea4-bf2912a9b8a949f9be33e7dc51187ea4-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=fU.ti1j32VSOnNT1CwJzsg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama assured China's heir apparent to leadership that the United States welcomes Beijing's rise in the world, saying Tuesday that strong cooperation between the two powers is good for the rest of the world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.bf2912a9b8a949f9be33e7dc51187ea4-bf2912a9b8a949f9be33e7dc51187ea4-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=fU.ti1j32VSOnNT1CwJzsg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/pl_nm/us_usa_budget_dividend nm/20120214/us_usa_budget_dividend Reuters politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:14:57 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama's 2013 election-year budget took investors by surprise with a call for significantly higher taxes on dividends, a major change from his earlier tax proposals and one that will raise the ire of dividend-paying companies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_defense_spending ap/20120214/us_defense_spending AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:16 GMT AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader on Tuesday defended the Pentagon's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget, telling lawmakers it's time to show Congress is serious about reducing the deficit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_china_biden_meeting nm/20120214/us_usa_china_biden_meeting Reuters topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:38:10 GMT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden began a series of meetings with China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping pledging candor and acknowledging their two countries would disagree on some issues. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_venezuela_economy_election nm/20120214/us_venezuela_economy_election Reuters topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:22:26 GMT Reuters - From new homes in slums to cash for struggling mothers, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is unleashing a flood of state spending to try to tip the balance in what looks like the toughest presidential election of his political career. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20120214/pl_atlantic/howrepublicansgetbackwork48658 atlantic/20120214/howrepublicansgetbackwork48658 The Atlantic Wire politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:12 GMT The Atlantic Wire - RELATED: Congress Is Cracked http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_co/us_obama_budget ap/20120214/us_obama_budget AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:44:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_co/us_obama_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.1bedd1c406534e2f9ba6798bc22c1ea6-1bedd1c406534e2f9ba6798bc22c1ea6-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=V7bnLNjLckvT4EJLh1E4Iw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about the 'Community College to Career Fund' and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama feels he has struck just the right budget balance between providing more short-term support for the economy while putting forth a long-term plan to get control of the government's soaring budget deficits.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_co/us_obama_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.1bedd1c406534e2f9ba6798bc22c1ea6-1bedd1c406534e2f9ba6798bc22c1ea6-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=V7bnLNjLckvT4EJLh1E4Iw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about the 'Community College to Career Fund' and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_washington_gay_marriage ap/20120214/us_washington_gay_marriage AP us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_washington_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.5c9a640606d24b988dc03c99712a1daa-5c9a640606d24b988dc03c99712a1daa-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=js5qoRb7idb3oYUbvrbGuA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure that makes Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage, but opponents almost immediately filed a referendum to challenge the new law, meaning voters likely will have the final say.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_us/us_washington_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.5c9a640606d24b988dc03c99712a1daa-5c9a640606d24b988dc03c99712a1daa-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=js5qoRb7idb3oYUbvrbGuA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_budget_what_s_a_trillion ap/20120214/us_obama_budget_what_s_a_trillion AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:21:01 GMT AP - Remember when a billion used to be a lot? Now we talk trillions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/electionspresident/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_budget_totals ap/20120214/us_obama_budget_totals AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:20:13 GMT AP - A glance at Obama's budget totals