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11:47:12 PM Arkansas Democrat Opts Out of Congressional Race
FOX News - USA

Vic Snyder, a Democrat who has held the Arkansas 2nd District congressional seat since 1997, says he won't seek re-election. US Rep. Vic Snyder, a Democrat ... [more]

11:20:22 PM Democrats 'Very Close' to Health Care Deal, Hoyer Says
FOX News - USA

House and Senate leaders, along with union bosses and White House officials, have been meeting all week in a hard push to strike a compromise on the health ... [more]

11:11:40 PM Paulson, Friedman Asked to Testify on AIG Bailout
Bloomberg

“Chairman Towns is well aware of the fact that President Bush's Treasury secretary orchestrated this bailout,” Jenny Rosenberg, a spokeswoman for the New ... [more]

11:11:09 PM Major Garrett interviews President Clinton TRANSCRIPT
FOXNews

GARRETT: Mr. President, thank you very much for joining us on Fox News. I want to get a sense of your conversation with President Bush, when will Americans ... [more]

11:00:06 PM NYC auction house withdraws Yale skull-ballot box
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The club was founded in 1832 and publicly known members, called Bonesmen, include both presidents Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. [more]

10:22:08 PM Probation for Ohio lawyer in green card fraud
Forbes - USA

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS , 01.15.10, 05:03 PM EST COLUMBUS, Ohio - An immigration attorney and her ex-husband prepared to leave for their native Ghana after ... [more]

10:20:21 PM GOP Contenders Striving for Boxer's Senate Seat
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA

The upcoming election race for Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer will likely be a heated contest between the incumbent and a Republican contender for the ... [more]

9:35:02 PM Major asks Gibbs
FOXNews

GARRETT: Robert, you told us when asked earlier this week the president was not going to Massachusetts. What changed? GARRETT: That's it? ... [more]

9:17:12 PM White House Fort Hood Review: Better Info Sharing Needed
The Washington Independent

By Spencer Ackerman 1/15/10 3:00 PM John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser, has completed his review of the November shootings at Fort Hood. ... [more]

8:56:46 PM Debating Declaratory Policy On Nuclear Weapons
Atlantic Online

.... an NSC official who served at the Pentagon under President Bush; Tom D'Agostino, currently the head of the Energy department agency that designs, ... [more]

8:56:06 PM Governments Revisit Immigration Rules for Haitians
Wall Street Journal - USA

By JOEL MILLMAN The US, Canada and France are scrambling to adjust immigration rules in anticipation of an exodus of refugees leaving Haiti in the wake of ... [more]

8:29:05 PM Former President Clinton Pushes Lawmakers On Health Care
Wall Street Journal - USA

Frank Pallone (D., NJ), the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, said the changes made to ease the burden of the tax on ... [more]

8:14:03 PM Consumer Protection Agency in Doubt
Wall Street Journal - USA

Dropping the bid for a standalone consumer-protection agency would strip out a central plank of the White House's proposal and could infuriate liberals and ... [more]

7:41:05 PM Obama Summons Former Presidents Clinton & Bush to the White House
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

ABC News (blog) On Wednesday president Obama called former president Bush and he agreed to help in an organizing role, much like those he created for his father and former ... [more]

6:48:44 PM CBS 'Early Show' Celebrates The Obamas First Year in the White House
NewsBusters - USA

They have sort of taken to life in the White House.” Smith added: “Starting to wear it a little bit more.” At the top of the segment, Smith noted that ... [more]

6:19:06 PM Boxer Lauds Neighborhood Stabilization Grants for California
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

Los Angeles, CA – US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) praised the Department of Housing and Urban Development's announcement that $318 million is headed to ... [more]

6:09:06 PM Obama speaks with Haitian president, pledges help
Motors ...

President Obama said that the world has been devastated by the loss and suffering in Haiti, and pledged the full support of the American people for the ... [more]

5:55:54 PM Obama's Spending Cuts vs Bush's
Atlantic Online (blog)

President Obama notched substantial successes in spending cuts last year, winning 60 percent of his proposed cuts and managing to get Congress to ax several ... [more]

5:40:15 PM Rush Limbaugh Haiti earthquake comments are 'really stupid,' says White
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News The ever-controversial radio talk host is taking fire for advising people not to donate to Haitian relief through the fund set up by the White House. .... [more]

5:26:20 PM Kerry thanks telecom firms for help in Haiti
Lobbying World

John Kerry (D-Mass.) praised efforts by the telecommunications industry to provide equipment and assistance to Haiti after the earthquake. ... [more]

4:22:02 PM Aristide, Haiti's exiled ex-president, offers to return and help rebuild
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

They love me and I love them," he told the BBC, hinting he was interested in teaching, not politics. The earthquake has only deepened his wish to return. ... [more]

4:21:50 PM Campbell exits governor's race to run instead against Sen. Barbara Boxer
Pleasanton Weekly - CA, USA

Barbara Boxer, said as senator, he will focus on curbing the growth of government spending. "I believe I can do the most good in that role," he said. ... [more]

4:17:54 PM Texas GOP Gov Candidates Clash Over Taxes, Jobs
ABC News - United States

Hutchison said then-president Bush urged her and other Republicans in Congress to support the bailout bill to combat a "global meltdown" in the economy. ... [more]

3:56:06 PM 2 killed in Kenyan pro-radical cleric protest
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

The demonstrators had planned to march to the Immigration Ministry to protest Kenya detaining Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal. Earlier this week Immigration ... [more]

3:44:57 PM Clinton v. Kerry On USAID — With Bowen To The Rescue?
The Washington Independent

John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the leaders of the Senate committee, worry that Clinton's approach misunderstands the long-term nature of ... [more]

3:12:14 PM House Democrat says healthcare deal "very close"
Reuters - NY,USA

Reform of the $2.5 trillion healthcare sector is the top legislative priority for President Barack Obama. The House and Senate versions of the overhaul must ... [more]

3:07:05 PM First thoughts: Toss-up in Mass.
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

Mitt Romney from selecting a Republican if Kerry won the White House. Then last year, after Ted Kennedy passed away, Dems once again changed their law to ... [more]

3:02:01 PM Earning the Nobel: Obama and North Korea's Human Rights
The New Ledger - Washington,DC,USA

The first-term President Bush, of course, drew ferocious criticism from liberals and the liberal-minded South Korean government of the time for denouncing ... [more]

2:45:17 PM Onion story becomes real life in Politico
True/Slant

WASHINGTON, DC—Former Virginia senator Charles Robb, ousted from Congress in the 2000 elections by Republican challenger George Allen, continues to hang ... [more]

2:33:14 PM Senate candidate Fiorina hears ag's concerns at Grower-Shipper in Salinas
The Salinas Californian

Barbara Boxer and former Rep. Tom Campbell, who entered the Republican Senate race this week after stopping his campaign for governor, as "professional ... [more]

2:18:45 PM Haiti Quake Revives Calls For Immigration Amnesty
NBC Bay Area - San Francisco,CA,USA

The Los Angeles Times' Johanna Neuman thinks the TPS issue will have major implications on the overall immigration debate and the urgency could force ... [more]

1:36:00 PM Flip-flops are in fashion at the White House
New York Post - New York,NY,USA

By PAUL THARP Despite earlier chest-thumping by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that Uncle Sam's $700 billion bailout was profitable, the White House and ... [more]

1:24:30 PM Haiti's exiled former president offers to return
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

By Robyn Dixon Reporting from Johannesburg — Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, deposed and exiled in a 2004 coup, offered today to return to ... [more]

1:16:40 PM Boxer Banking on Faulty Stimulus Figures for Reelection
RedState

Senator Barbara Boxer Monday hit the campaign trail to tout jobs “created by the stimulus” in California by the Democrats' $800 billion economic recovery ... [more]

12:43:49 PM G-Unit's Lloyd Banks Released From Canadian Immigration Following Assault
BallerStatus.com - Simi Valley,CA,USA

BallerStatus.com Lloyd Banks was allowed to leave Canada after being detained by Canadian immigration officials, following his arrest last week for assault. ... [more]

12:38:07 PM Obama's Tax Faces 'Fierce' Congress Opposition, Martinez Says
BusinessWeek - USA

... biggest financial firms will face “fierce” opposition in Congress, former Florida senator and Republican National Committee Chairman Mel Martinez said. ... [more]

12:00:31 PM Oh, That State-Run Media!
Pajamas Media - El Segundo,CA,USA

2005: Media destroys President Bush over his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. Or as Evan Thomas of Newsweek put it in mid-September of 2005, ... [more]

11:56:16 AM Tech Today: White House and Beijing Joust Over Censorship, Intel Reports
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Wall Street Journal (blog) White House and Beijing Joust Over Censorship: The White House came out forcefully behind Google's plan to stop censoring its search engine in China, ... [more]

10:54:17 AM Liberia: UNMIL Committed to Developing Country's Immigration Service - Says
AllAfrica.com - Africa

AllAfrica.com UN Deputy Envoy, Ms. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu says the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) remains committed to supporting the Bureau of Immigration and ... [more]

10:34:35 AM President Obama plan to tax 50 banks has Bloomberg, Gillibrand concerned
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

and Mayor Bloomberg are raising concerns that President Obama's plan to tax banks will have negative effects on New York. ... [more]

10:07:54 AM White House entices Big Labor to back struggling health care reform
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News BY Kenneth R. Bazinet and Michael Mcauliff WASHINGTON - The White House won the union seal of approval for health reform Thursday, enticing Big Labor to ... [more]

9:51:51 AM Chuck Schumer races John Kerry for top of agenda
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

John Kerry (D-Mass.) over whose pet issue will get top billing in the Senate later this year. Schumer is taking a lead role in immigration — and is pushing ... [more]

9:07:36 AM The politics of humanitarianism test Obama
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The world is focused on sending aid to Haiti, but compassion has a political edge and for President Obama, comparisons with the Bush administration's ... [more]

9:04:56 AM TN gubernatorial candidates stick to scripts in education debate
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

Bill Frist. The event in the Curb Event Center — the same auditorium where President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain battled 15 months ago — offered a ... [more]

9:00:10 AM Local coalition urges immigration reform
Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA

NAMPA — A broad coalition of organizations met Thursday at the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho in Nampa to show support of comprehensive immigration ... [more]

8:25:01 AM King's FBI files may be opened to public
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA

John Kerry plans to introduce legislation next week that would pave the way for the release of thousands of FBI documents on the life and death of the Rev. ... [more]

8:07:42 AM First lady reviews first year in White House
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA

Obama also said she's pleased that her mother, Marian Robinson, has settled in the White House because, in some ways, she would have preferred to stay in ... [more]

7:58:59 AM Fiorina scorns Boxer at local fundraiser
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer in this fall's election, she will push to limit federal spending and advocate for policies to create jobs and improve the economy. .... [more]

7:20:53 AM Gubernatorial hopefuls trade barbs over jobs, taxes
Denton Record Chronicle - Denton,TX,USA

Hutchison supported the initial $700 billion, federally financed bank bailout along with President Bush and other Republicans, but she has since criticized ... [more]

7:17:42 AM Obama Bank-Tax Proposal Has Populist Appeal, Political Critics
BusinessWeek - USA

15 (Bloomberg) -- While President Barack Obama counts on the populist appeal of a plan to tax the biggest financial firms, his idea already is being ... [more]

6:59:24 AM Steele wants party probation lifted, legal fees paid
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the upcoming primary to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Mel Martinez. He'd also like the party to reimburse him for the ... [more]

6:44:12 AM White House backs Google, seeks China explanation
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it backed Google's decision to no longer support China's censoring of searches and US ... [more]

6:12:04 AM Virginia governor-elect plans inauguration that is low key
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

George Allen promised that his trademark cowboy boots would dislodge some Democratic teeth. One other interesting touch: Virginia Supreme Court Justice ... [more]

6:01:01 AM South Florida Haitians want immigration laws relaxed; opponents say
Southern Political Report - Atlanta,GA,USA

Southern Political Report By Gary Reese January 14, 2010 — The South Florida Haitian community already is rekindling its longstanding political gripe that undocumented Haitian ... [more]

5:43:09 AM Republicans rewriting history
Daily Illini - Champaign,IL,USA

... White House Press Secretary under Bush, claimed in an interview that “We did not have a terrorist attack on the country during President Bush's term. ... [more]

5:22:45 AM Blunt knows what he's signing up for
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA

Blunt was House majority whip under Majority Leader Tom DeLay. In that capacity, he had ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Speaking of lobbyists, Blunt married ... [more]

4:30:17 AM Tom Campbell leaves California governor's race, enters Senate contest
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

The moderate Republican will now seek his party's nomination to oppose incumbent Barbara Boxer. His foes include former Hewlett Packard chief Carly Fiorina ... [more]

4:18:45 AM Special status will halt deportations from US
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By Logan Abassi, United Nations via AP By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY Lawmakers and immigration groups are calling on the Obama administration to grant Haitians ... [more]

3:38:49 AM For Virginia politicians, is a Southern accent a bad thing?
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The last governor elected with even a whiff of a Southern accent, George Allen (R), won in 1997. Kaine grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City, Kan., .... [more]

3:18:42 AM Disney Studio head Rich Ross names Sean Bailey president of production
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Sean Bailey, producer of Walt Disney Co.'s upcoming Christmas season release "Tron: Legacy" and the recently scrapped "Captain Nemo: 20000 Leagues Under the ... [more]

1:59:07 AM FACTBOX-White House, unions agree on health insurance tax
Reuters - NY,USA

Jan 14 (Reuters) - The White House and labor unions reached tentative agreement on Thursday on a tax on high-cost "Cadillac" healthcare plans, clearing the ... [more]

1:41:48 AM President Obama to Big Banks: “We Want Our Money Back”
President McCain Sends Secretary of State Lieberman and Defense ...

It was great to hand it all to the banks and to see Bush and Obama give the crooks what they wanted. What fools. I taught one had to have a political ... [more]

1:25:28 AM Paine discusses graduation rates and legislative audit
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA

Margaret Spellings, the former US Education Secretary under President Bush, instilled the new standard measurement one month before Bush left office. .... [more]

1:09:16 AM Clinton v. Kerry: The AID war begins
substantive ...

.... and The Cable has obtained a draft version of a report by Senate Foreign Relations chiefs John Kerry, D-MA, and Richard Lugar, R-IN, that lays out their ... [more]

12:50:59 AM White House, Beijing Joust Over Censorship
Wall Street Journal - USA

By Aaron BackAnd Jessica E. Vascellaro The White House on Thursday came out forcefully behind Google Inc.'s plan to stop censoring its search engine in ... [more]

12:37:24 AM Former Sen. Bill Frist holds forum on education for Tenn. gubernatorial
WHNT - Huntsville,AL,USA

WHNT Bill Frist's State Collaborative on Reforming Education, or SCORE, and WTVF-TV. The forum falls on the eve of a six-month fundraising period that could ... [more]

12:21:59 AM There's something about Harry
Washington Times

elect Robert F. McDonnell (and actually the California-born Republican "Confederate" George Allen even earlier) represent new paradigms in a changing and ... [more]

12:03:44 AM Haitian earthquake relief: Obama taps Bush, Clinton for help
Christian Science Monitor - USA

And he served in a similar capacity along with the first President Bush five years ago after the Asian tsunami – at the behest of the 43rd president, ... [more]



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