Obama jobs bill still waits for action in the Senate
Washington (CNN) - Senate Democrats still have not decided when to take up the jobs bill President Barack Obama announced with great fanfare to a joint session of Congress almost two weeks ago. In addition, they are still working to determine if they will vote on the bill in its entirety or augment it with additional job growth ideas of their own.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared testy at a news conference Tuesday when asked about the schedule for the bill and whether all Democrats would support it.
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Government shutdown looms over FEMA fight
Washington (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he's not sure a potential government shutdown at the end of the month can be avoided because of a stand-off between the House and Senate over how much to spend on disaster relief.
"I heard reports that Sen. (Senate Republican Leader Mitch) McConnell said there will be no shutdown," Reid told reporters in the Capitol. "I'm not that sure. I'm not that sure because the Tea Party-driven House of Representatives has been so unreasonable in the past. I don't know why they should suddenly be reasonable."
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Has Obama lost the Jewish vote?
Washington (CNN) - Jewish voters, a typically reliable bloc for the Democratic Party, are now the focus of Democrats intent on keeping their support and Republicans who see an opportunity to pull them in after New York's recent special congressional election.
Longtime New York Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf said the election, in which a Republican won the historically Democratic district, was in part a reaction to the president's approach to Israel. Sheinkopf said the contest served as a "liberating device" for Jewish voters and not just Orthodox Jews, who tend to be more socially conservative.
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Obama lauds new era of global diplomacy at U.N.
(CNN) - Heralding what he called a new international diplomacy model for the 21st century, President Barack Obama spent Tuesday at the United Nations in meetings with key foreign leaders to continue pushing foreign policy objectives in the Middle East and North Africa.
His schedule included one-on-one talks with the chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, as well as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
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Congressman aids in life-saving rescue
Washington (CNN) – While stopping Tuesday morning at a Charlotte airport on his way to Washington, Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee found himself rushing to something other than a plane.
He was scrambling to save a man's life.
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Cheney 'worried' by GOP calls to leave Afghanistan
(CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday he was troubled by remarks from Republican presidential candidates who say it's time for American troops to leave Afghanistan.
"It does worry me because I think after all the effort that's been made and the sacrifice that's come in the form of lives of our soldiers and national treasure, both Afghanistan and Iraq are extraordinarily important," Cheney said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN Chief National Correspondent John King. The interview, which took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., airs Tuesday on "John King, USA" at 7 p.m. ET.
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BLITZER’S BLOG: Clinton on economy, GOP candidates
New York (CNN) - Bill Clinton disagrees with his former political adviser James Carville. "It's never a good thing for the president to panic," the former president told me during a lengthy interview at his Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York.
I had asked him about Carville's recent recommendation in a CNN.com opinion piece that it's time for the White House to panic and for the president to fire some people and indict some Wall Street big shots for supposedly causing the country's economic meltdown. Carville, a CNN political contributor, is deeply worried about the economic and political crisis facing the president right now just as he gears up for his re-election campaign.
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Bachmann serves up irresistible 'red meat' headline
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Armed with a sharp knife, a protective smock and with 400-pound beef carcasses hanging around her, Michele Bachmann visited an Iowa meat plant on Tuesday and sliced through a slab while going for the kill over government regulations.
"One thing we learned today is that, in a company that has five or six employees, one employee is dedicated just to deal with government rules and government regulations," the Republican presidential candidate told employees and assembled media at the Amend Packing Co. in Des Moines.
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Gingrich lauds his 'very visionary' new 'Contract with America'
(CNN) – Call it a new twist on an old favorite. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced plans for a new 21st Century Contract with America during an event in Council Bluffs, Iowa late Monday.
According to the Des Moines Register, Gingrich described the revamped proposal as "very visionary" and "10 times deeper and more comprehensive than 1994."
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Bachmann to raise money on the golf course in Pinehurst
Washington (CNN) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann will visit the golf mecca of Pinehurst, North Carolina later this month to raise money for her Republican presidential campaign.
"You are cordially invited to enjoy breakfast and a round of golf with Michele Bachmann, candidate for President of the United States," reads an invitation sent to Bachmann supporters in North Carolina Tuesday and obtained by CNN.
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