Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 politics Politics News en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:51:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas ap/20091108/us_clinton_overseas AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:51:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.80af8f97106c4e4c8775bf87af8ed532.south_korea_koreas_nuclear_sel108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=3RDjak6kULpUtmKaqWX7_g--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A South Korean man watches a TV news program about North Korea's latest claim on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. North Korea said Tuesday it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. The letters on the screen read ' Completion of reprocessing nuclear fuel rods'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.80af8f97106c4e4c8775bf87af8ed532.south_korea_koreas_nuclear_sel108.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=3RDjak6kULpUtmKaqWX7_g--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean man watches a TV news program about North Korea's latest claim on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. North Korea said Tuesday it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. The letters on the screen read ' Completion of reprocessing nuclear fuel rods'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091108/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:19:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5d4587e4827c4da5a2aa13e3a0701496.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev109.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=8gRPRfjUVetToGHY_oIbzA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia ap/20091107/us_obama_asia AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.77b0718c20764430aeb2d4c88f0bcc8e.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcev107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8Qoc_OjKhKUHna75W4OoSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29272_html/34008696/SIG=11mn3kcqh/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29272.html politico_rss/20091107/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29272_html Politico Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:35:55 GMT Politico - 33 Dems say they will vote against health care bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29263_html/34006566/SIG=11mltisaf/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29263.html politico_rss/20091107/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29263_html Politico Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:27 GMT Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounds confident of passing a sweeping health-care reform bill Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:48:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fort_hood_stressed_out_psychiatrists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.289e4bafade841d9a79febf2610b28c3.aptopix_fort_hood_shooting_ny253.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=q8V2CYBBXO4c7qdA0GuGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape ap/20091108/us2010_election_landscape AP Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_el_ge/us2010_election_landscape"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.713a46371f1344f4876c65cb0f753a3f.2010_election_landscape_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=8Zte1Ej3EWLxUAF4sYel8Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091108/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:08:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/r2149145422.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=9W9vEGBtmxVkd1_qe6C5MA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House vote on health care reform November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091108/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/r2149145422.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=9W9vEGBtmxVkd1_qe6C5MA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House vote on health care reform November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>AP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ot/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3205516650.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tjF0mXpTtWbcQNMBBtfGlA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences ap/20091108/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences AP politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0" /></a>AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_juvenile_sentences"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ae720c04b1d3404e93b115c207d7e49c.supreme_court_juvenile_sentences_wxsc302.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=vSke_6k0omlGvru.sPg3jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski ap/20091107/us_us_citizen_pulaski AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:48:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_citizen_pulaski"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.bf550b8dc1814655b8b74a54808b5fac.us_citizen_pulaski_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=zZYMSgNrePCblTinN4wfiw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_un ap/20091107/as_afghanistan_un AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:51 GMT AP - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_iran ap/20091107/eu_russia_iran AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:46:04 GMT AP - Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats ap/20091108/us_health_overhaul_democrats AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:43:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7b792806a79f424c83802ba8449734d7.health_care_overhaul_cap204.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=4fdckjXKkUU.t_N5uqUTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for continuing debate health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7b792806a79f424c83802ba8449734d7.health_care_overhaul_cap204.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=4fdckjXKkUU.t_N5uqUTKA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for continuing debate health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547 mcclatchy/20091107/3351547 McClatchy Newspapers politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:57:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257630804748-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=nzftkvEbz4Aa2Oz5Tp.z0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="House Majority Whip James Clyburn (L) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (C) listen while House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (R) speak to the press after a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill. Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; These are some of the changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States if the House bill were to become law:</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257630804748-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=nzftkvEbz4Aa2Oz5Tp.z0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Majority Whip James Clyburn (L) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (C) listen while House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (R) speak to the press after a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill. Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091107/pl_cq_politics/politics3243414 cq/20091107/politics3243414 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:10 GMT CQPolitics.com - The consensus view is undoubtedly that you could count on one hand (or two if you are really generous) the Washington politicians who have serious credibility as deficit hawks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091108/pl_bloomberg/ajotl7z7rss0 bloomberg/20091108/ajotl7z7rss0 Bloomberg politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:02:47 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most far-reaching changes in U.S. health-care policy in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.”