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CNN Reporter Tops Obama List for Surgeon General

By GARDINER HARRIS — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:48:43 +0000

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a medical correspondent for the news network and a neurosurgeon.

Senators, With 2 Exceptions, Sworn In for New Term

By CARL HULSE — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:44:16 +0000

Senator Dianne Feinstein said publicly that Roland W. Burris should be seated. Al Franken did not appear in Washington, as his race appeared headed to court.

Networks devoted more time to election: report (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:42:31 +0000

Reuters - The presidential election and worsening economy pushed the war in Iraq mostly out of the headlines, especially among the Big Three evening newscasts.

Congressional Black Caucus Assesses Its Role Under a Black President

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:31:36 +0000

Members have been wrestling with an unsettling reality: Barack Obama can propel their agenda but may diminish their influence.

Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount result (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:29:55 +0000

AP - Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months.

Obama Warns of Prospect for Trillion-Dollar Deficits

By JEFF ZELENY and EDMUND L. ANDREWS — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:28:28 +0000

Barack Obama delivered a stark assessment of the economy, saying that his administration would be forced to impose tighter discipline on government.

St. Paul Journal: Endless Vote Recounting Tests Minnesota Niceness

By KIRK JOHNSON — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:28:02 +0000

Many voters said the sniping over a still-unfilled Senate seat could hurt Norm Coleman, the Republican incumbent, in particular.

Bush Brother Won’t Seek Senate Seat in Florida

By DAMIEN CAVE — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:26:17 +0000

Jeb Bush said that he would not run in 2010 for the seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, ending speculation about whether he could renew the Bush brand from Congress.

Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta

By MARK MAZZETTI — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:25:40 +0000

Barack Obama and his aides scrambled to defend the choice of Leon E. Panetta as C.I.A. director.

Obama’s Choice for Solicitor General Has Left a Breach in a Long Paper Trail

By ADAM LIPTAK — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:23:51 +0000

Despite a powerful and varied résumé , Elena Kagan, President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for solicitor general, has provided few clues on where she stands on the great legal issues of the day.

Specter Attacks Choice for Attorney General

By ERIC LICHTBLAU — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:22:35 +0000

Senator Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, questioned the independence of Eric H. Holder Jr.

Democratic leaders seek to resolve Burris saga (AP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:20:47 +0000

AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.

Obama pledges new intel chiefs will break with past practices (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:16:56 +0000

AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to make a break with the CIA's controversial war-on-terror practices in naming new intelligence chiefs, but said they would not look backwards.

New Voices in Congress Will Change the Tone of the Democratic Majority

By KATE PHILLIPS — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:56:19 +0000

New members of Congress are sworn in on Tuesday, broadening the moderate coalition of an expanded Democratic majority.

Economists Warm to Government Spending but Debate Its Form

By LOUIS UCHITELLE — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:33:54 +0000

A debate persists over the most effective form of stimulus and what role tax cuts should play.

Ghana’s Atta-Mills to Become President Wednesday - Voice of America

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Obama says deficit may approach $1 trillion (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:13:13 +0000

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.

Obama offers CNN’s Gupta surgeon general post (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Elections — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:11:10 +0000

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be U.S. surgeon general, a senior Democrat said on Tuesday.

Coleman Sues Over Minnesota Senate Recount

TIME.com Top Politics Stories — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months

Congressional Resolutions

TIME.com Top Politics Stories — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:05:00 +0000

As the 111th Congress convenes, a look at some of the less momentous achievements of the 110th