Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip (AP)

January 5th, 2009 admin

Vice president-elect Joe Biden, seen here in 2008, will visit Southwest Asia this week at the head of a US fact-finding mission, his spokeswoman announced Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J.D. Pooley)AP - Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia just days before becoming vice president, a visit that signals the new administration's plans to make the troubled region an immediate priority.


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Kaine says he’ll limit time spent as party leader (AP)

January 5th, 2009 admin

AP - Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday he will manage a Virginia budget crisis $3 billion and growing and head the Democratic National Committee in his spare time, largely as "an electronic gig."

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Burris says he’s senator

January 5th, 2009 admin

Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris arrives at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Linthicum, Md., Monday, Jan. 4, 2009. Burris will face a showdown on Capitol Hill about whether he'll succeed President-elect Barack Obama in Congress after being appointed last week by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress.


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Obama says his plan with tax cuts to get quick OK (AP)

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President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair-designate Christina Romer meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office.


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Congressmen sound off against SEC in Madoff affair (AP)

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In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, returns to his Manhattan apartment after making a court appearance in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow,File)AP - Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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