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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1278 politics U.S. Congress News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1278 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_debate ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_debate AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:17:37 GMT AP - The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20091107/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:05:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567669921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hW12sb5bJzL2s9d.uHUHog--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567669921-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hW12sb5bJzL2s9d.uHUHog--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20091107/us_obama_preview AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:50 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091107/pl_bloomberg/a5_a6pdu8c bloomberg/20091107/a5_a6pdu8c Bloomberg politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:13:37 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats moved to clear one of the last hurdles to a historic debate on legislation to overhaul the U.S. health system, agreeing to a demand by 40 lawmakers to allow a vote on restricting funds for abortion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091107/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:12:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.f18ad27c1df046fe945bc1a4f5dc65d7.health_care_overhaul_wxsc101.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=yv6i5mXqgDKjoMOqYQilew--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_apnewsalert ap/20091107/us_apnewsalert AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:54:10 GMT AP - House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_co/us_fort_hood_wounded ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_wounded AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:21:37 GMT AP - A pair of military briefings to members of Congress about the Fort Hood rampage resulted in confusion and conflicting information late Friday on the number of wounded. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091107/pl_mcclatchy/3351104 mcclatchy/20091107/3351104 McClatchy Newspapers politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:02:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; Opponents of opening Cuba to American tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 Democrats in the House of Representatives, saying it shows that they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091106/pl_mcclatchy/3351082 mcclatchy/20091106/3351082 McClatchy Newspapers politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:32:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; Democrats in the House of Representatives struggled Friday to find enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, as lawmakers prepared for an all-day debate and perhaps a final vote on the bill Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_chemical_security ap/20091106/us_chemical_security AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:16:48 GMT AP - The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_frank_bachmann ap/20091106/us_frank_bachmann AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:10:34 GMT AP - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20091106/ts_usnews/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw usnews/20091106/expandedfirsttimehomebuyertaxcreditbecomeslaw U.S. News & World Report topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:16 GMT U.S. News & World Report - In the hopes of sustaining the real estate market's recent momentum, Uncle Sam has made more than two-thirds of current homeowners and nearly all first-time buyers eligible for thousands of dollars in tax perks when they purchase a house. President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law Friday, a day after the House of Representatives approved it by a 403-to-12 vote. The legislation includes language that significantly expands the popular first-time home buyer tax credit that was enacted in February. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_newyork_senate nm/20091106/us_newyork_senate Reuters us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:31 GMT Reuters - New York's Democratic-led senate on Friday said tax revenues will slip 1.5 percent in the current fiscal year to $59.4 billion, a rosier forecast than the one issued by the Assembly's Democratic majority. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091106/pl_cq_politics/politics3243143 cq/20091106/politics3243143 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:12 GMT CQPolitics.com - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer predicted passage of a health care overhaul bill would come Saturday evening even as House Democrats worked Friday to corral the needed votes to pass the measure. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091106/pl_politico/29233 politico/20091106/29233 Politico politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:16:00 GMT Politico - Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said anxious politicians in his party who face tough congressional races next year should settle their nerves by focusing less on this week’s governor’s races than on the special congressional elections that have taken place since President Barack Obama was sworn in.&nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers ap/20091106/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2048436247.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=GbWhY982I3ErA6to9QmQkQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about a shooting at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington November 5, 2009. Twelve people were killed and at least 31 were wounded when a soldier went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base at Fort Hood Texas on Thursday, base commander Lieutenant-General Bob Cone said. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2048436247.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=GbWhY982I3ErA6to9QmQkQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about a shooting at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington November 5, 2009. Twelve people were killed and at least 31 were wounded when a soldier went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base at Fort Hood Texas on Thursday, base commander Lieutenant-General Bob Cone said. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryjusticeguantanamosenate afp/20091106/usattacksmilitaryjusticeguantanamosenate AFP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:57:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryjusticeguantanamosenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257476200520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pKpbESxZreYQjR9xY8TqPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryjusticeguantanamosenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257476200520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pKpbESxZreYQjR9xY8TqPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble ap/20091106/us_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:49:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.dfea1f7887b54dcea59d255bd9dc0b16.aptopix_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble_dcjl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ITqhW4jtYFWUpFzLGBS.KA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas throws the Health Care bill to the crowd on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a health care reform rally. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives incensed over the Democrats' health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday, arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the nation's medical system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.dfea1f7887b54dcea59d255bd9dc0b16.aptopix_health_overhaul_capitol_rumble_dcjl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ITqhW4jtYFWUpFzLGBS.KA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas throws the Health Care bill to the crowd on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a health care reform rally. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_el_se/us_fiorina_voting ap/20091106/us_fiorina_voting AP Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:44:00 GMT AP - Weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was criticized over her poor voting record, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina tried to fend off a similar line of questioning by owning up to her spotty past. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit ap/20091106/us_homebuyers_tax_credit AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091019/i/r4278747756.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=k4mt1B7FqS4z.JZtpwd0ZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091019/i/r4278747756.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=k4mt1B7FqS4z.JZtpwd0ZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)