Newser - Politicshttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 07 Nov 2009 3:08:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73522/obama-can-should-lock-congress-in-until-health-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polGrumpy old man Jack Cafferty is getting tired of Congress dragging out health reform, and wants President Obama to get lawmakers motivated. Using his constitutional powers, Obama should deliver this ultimatum: I’m ordering the Congress to remain in session until both houses vote on a final version of health-care reform....http://www.newser.com/story/73522/obama-can-should-lock-congress-in-until-health-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 18:24:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polSarah Palin has accepted an invitation to speak at the Gridiron Club's winter dinner. She'll address the high-profile journalists' group at its Dec. 5 gathering; Rep. Barney Frank is the Democratic speaker. Though Palin is making a series of appearances to promote her book, Going Rogue, the Gridiron dinner is...http://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73519/white-house-warns-dems-to-avoid-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polThe Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We better...http://www.newser.com/story/73519/white-house-warns-dems-to-avoid-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polAl Gore says nonviolent disruption of polluters and airports is justified considering the grave threat posed by climate change. "Civil disobedience has an honorable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role...http://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73510/obama-to-honor-veterans-during-alaska-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polPresident Obama will visit Alaska next week for the first time, stopping at Elmendorf Air Force Base to observe Veterans Day with base personnel while Air Force One refuels. Like most recent presidents, Obama will visit Alaska en route to Asia, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The president would like...http://www.newser.com/story/73510/obama-to-honor-veterans-during-alaska-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 15:43:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polA stuffy DC city council hearing might not be most people’s idea of a romantic place to get engaged, but maybe the chance to be a YouTube celebrity made it all worth it for Andy Hertzberg and Andy Rollman. That, or they were hoping to drum up sympathy for the...http://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73475/let-states-lead-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polThe states have a handle on health care reform, write Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, and the federal government urgently needs to take a lesson from them. “Texas, for example, has adopted approaches to controlling health-care costs while improving choice, advancing quality of care and expanding coverage” write the former...http://www.newser.com/story/73475/let-states-lead-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73473/tear-down-this-wall-not-so-confrontational.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polPrepare to see a lot of clips in the coming days of Ronald Reagan declaring, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall’s fall is days away, and in our collective memory, Reagan brought it down with sheer bravado. But that’s misremembering, writes James Mann...http://www.newser.com/story/73473/tear-down-this-wall-not-so-confrontational.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73502/health-vote-may-have-to-wait-hoyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polThe House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that right now, Democrats don’t have...http://www.newser.com/story/73502/health-vote-may-have-to-wait-hoyer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polFri, 06 Nov 2009 11:20:26 CST