Cheney makes big 2010 prediction Read full post

Posted on 9 December 2009, 7:39 am

Dick Cheney is predicting the Republican Party is in for a big 2010 (CNN) - As President Barack Obama nears one year in office, Dick Cheney is predicting the Republican Party is in for a big 2010. "I think we'll pick up a lot of seats," the former vice president told Fox New's Sean Hannity Tuesday. "Prospects [...] Comments

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Coakley, Brown to vie for Kennedy's Senate seat Read full post

Posted on 9 December 2009, 7:00 am

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican nod Tuesday night in a special primary election to narrow the field of candidates vying to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. (CNN) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican [...] Comments

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Top Dem explains slavery remark, doesn't apologize Read full post

Posted on 9 December 2009, 4:11 am

Washington (CNN) – A day after invoking slavery as he criticized Republican opposition to health care reform legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, explained his controversial comment but didn't acquiesce to Republican requests to apologize. "When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said slow [...] Comments

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POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 9, 2009 Read full post

Posted on 9 December 2009, 4:00 am

The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Compiled by Alison Harding WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest political news: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: Senate Dems agree on how to handle health bill's public option Liberal and moderate Democrats have reached "broad agreement" on the public option portion of the Senate health [...] Comments

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Top Dem explains slavery remark, doesn't apologize Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 6:37 pm

Washington (CNN) – A day after invoking slavery as he criticized Republican opposition to health care reform legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, explained his controversial comment but didn't acquiesce to Republican requests to apologize. "When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said slow [...] Comments

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Party chairmen face off over health care, jobs Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 6:36 pm

Washington (CNN) – The Democratic and Republican Party chairmen called on legislators Tuesday to tone down some of the heated rhetoric emerging from the health care debate as legislation moves through the Senate. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, needs to apologize for comparing GOP critics of health [...] Comments

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Attorney: Salahis prepared to invoke Fifth Amendment Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 6:35 pm

The House Homeland Security committee invited the Salahis to attend a December 3 hearing, but they declined to attend. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Washington (CNN) - The Virginia couple who slipped through White House security and shook hands with President Barack Obama will invoke the Fifth Amendment, which protects against self-incrimination, if subpoenaed to testify to [...] Comments

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Palin: 'My heart goes out to Huckabee' Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 5:36 pm

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke about Mike Huckabee's clemency decision and a potential third party run in 2012. Washington (CNN) – Sarah Palin said in a recent radio appearance that Mike Huckabee made a "horrible decision" nine years ago to commute the prison sentence of the man suspected of killing four police officers in Washington, [...] Comments

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Adviser: O.K. for Obama, Conyers to 'blow off a little steam' Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 5:35 pm

Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett downplayed a report Tuesday that recounted a testy telephone call between the president and fellow Democrat Rep. John Conyers. Washington (CNN) - A senior White House official downplayed a report Tuesday that recounted a testy telephone call between President Obama and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers. In an interview with CNN, [...] Comments

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Lawyer's report hits ACORN, criticizes 'pimp' sting Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 5:26 pm

(CNN) - Community organizing group ACORN needs wide-ranging reforms after an embezzlement scandal, but broke no laws when conservative activists posing as a prostitute and a pimp approached members in a videotaped "sting," an attorney's report concludes. The videos led to the dismissal of four ACORN employees who appeared to offer advice to the couple [...] Comments

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Mitch Landrieu mounts third bid to be New Orleans mayor Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 5:21 pm

Louisiana's Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu announced Tuesday that he will run again for the mayor of New Orleans. (CNN) – Louisiana's Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu announced Tuesday that he will run again for the mayor of New Orleans. "I love New Orleans with all my heart and all my soul," the Democrat said in an online [...] Comments

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BREAKING: Abortion amendment defeated in the Senate Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 4:37 pm

Washington (CNN) - The Senate on Tuesday rejected an amendment to tighten restrictions on federal funding for abortion in the sweeping health care bill it is debating. Full story Comments

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McChrystal: Finding bin Laden vital to beating al Qaeda Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 3:16 pm

Gen. Stanley McChrystal spoke before members of Congress Tuesday about the outlook in Afghanistan. Washington (CNN) - Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday. Bin Laden remains at large more than eight [...] Comments

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Tight Atlanta mayoral race headed to a recount Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 3:08 pm

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) - The razor thin election for mayor of Atlanta is headed to a recount. Tuesday city councilwoman Mary Norwood made the official request to the Fulton County, Georgia election department. The official vote totals from the December 1 runoff place former state senator Kasim Reed ahead of Norwood by 715 votes out of [...] Comments

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Justice Sotomayor issues high court's first ruling of the term Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 3:03 pm

The newest justice had the honor of issuing the Supreme Court's first ruling of the term. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Washington (CNN) - The newest justice had the honor of issuing the Supreme Court's first ruling of the term, and Sonia Sotomayor managed a shy smile Tuesday after reading a portion of it from the bench [...] Comments

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Companies, government pushed on mortgage program Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 2:26 pm

Washington (CNN) - Mortgage company executives and government officials faced an angry congressional committee Tuesday concerning some of the problems with the administration's mortgage aid program aimed at avoiding foreclosures. Many of the complaints lodged by members of the House Financial Services Committee focused on the slow pace of converting trial mortgage modifications into permanent [...] Comments

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Gov't offers to pay American Indians $1.4 billion for lost funds Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 2:05 pm

Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in an effort to recover lost funds, spoke out Tuesday about the proposed settlement. Washington (CNN) - Thousands of American Indians would receive as much as $1,000 each if they accept the proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit over government mismanagement of tribal lands. The suit, filed in [...] Comments

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Cafferty: Could Reid's support of health care reform cost him Senate seat? Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 2:00 pm

Join the conversation on Jack's blog. Majority Leader Harry Reid is the top cheerleader for health care reform in the Senate... and this support for the bill might just wind up costing him his Nevada Senate seat. That's because a growing number of Nevadans don't support health care reform... A Las Vegas Review-Journal poll shows 53 percent [...] Comments

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CNN Poll: Optimism on economy fading Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 11:38 am

Washington (CNN) - Two years into the current recession, Americans don't see economic conditions getting better any time soon, and the steady growth in optimism that previous polls measured throughout the year appears to have stalled, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that 34 percent of those questioned [...] Comments

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GOP head demands apology for slavery remark Read full post

Posted on 8 December 2009, 11:37 am

RNC Chairman Michael Steele said Tuesday that disagreements with Democrats over health care reform have 'nothing to do with the historic roots of slavery.' (CNN) – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele Tuesday demanded that the Senate Democratic leader apologize for invoking slavery as he criticized Republicans for their opposition to passing health care reform. "Instead of [...] Comments

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