http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:41:24 -0600 India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has arrived in Washington for a visit to be highlighted by an official welcoming ceremony and a state dinner at the White House with President Barack Obama.Singh's aircraft touched down Sunday afternoon at Andrews Air Force Base outside of the District of Columbia.Singh's agenda includes a luncheon address http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/india_s_pm_arrives_for_state_visit_to_us.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/india_s_pm_arrives_for_state_visit_to_us.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:10:21 -0600 Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care coverage to roughly 31 million Americans. Republicans http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_democrats_at_odds_over_health_care_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_democrats_at_odds_over_health_care_bill.html Anne Flaherty The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:41:22 -0600 Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.Republicans pointed to the guidelines as evidence the Democrats' proposals for a health care overhaul would yield limits on mammograms http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/mammogram_guidelines_spark_debate_over_health_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/mammogram_guidelines_spark_debate_over_health_bill.html Philip Elliott The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:10:25 -0600 Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.As the world has talked for a dozen years about what to do next, new ship passages opened through the once frozen summer sea ice of the Arctic. In Greenland and Antarctica, ice sheets http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/warming_s_impacts_sped_up__worsened_since_kyoto.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/warming_s_impacts_sped_up__worsened_since_kyoto.html Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:11:25 -0600 Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to scuttle the health care bill if their demands weren't met, frustrating rank-and-file Democrats who say their colleagues' views were out of step with American voters.The inter-party dispute foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month as Democratic leaders try to push through legislation that would extend http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_moderates_frustrate_other_democrats_on_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_moderates_frustrate_other_democrats_on_bill.html Anne Flaherty The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:11:22 -0600 Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit.Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says health care cost reductions for employers will save 3.5 million jobs.Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/democrats__health_care_bill_saves_money_and_jobs.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/democrats__health_care_bill_saves_money_and_jobs.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:10:28 -0600 A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the economy and job creation.Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the majority whip, says if debate goes into next year, passage of the health care bill becomes more complex.The Senate http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/durbin_says_deadline_looming_for_health_care_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/durbin_says_deadline_looming_for_health_care_bill.html Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:41:19 -0600 Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill is "modest" and not the first step in a government takeover of the insurance industry.Schumer is also reminding fellow http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/schumer_says_public_option_can_pass_the_senate.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/schumer_says_public_option_can_pass_the_senate.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:10:19 -0600 A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate.Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska says he has serious problems with the bill. He says he wants tougher restrictions on what services taxpayers pay for.The Nebraska Democrat says he wants an overhaul of the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/nelson_might_not_back_next_step_for_health_bill.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/nelson_might_not_back_next_step_for_health_bill.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:40:23 -0600 A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.That view, by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, suggests the difficulty facing Democratic leaders in coming weeks as they try to rally support http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_dems_frustrated_with_sway_held_by_moderates.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/senate_dems_frustrated_with_sway_held_by_moderates.html Anne Flaherty The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:40:19 -0600 A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown.The lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, says fears that mammograms wouldn't be covered are misplaced and that Republicans "have a different interpretation" of what http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/lawmaker_says_health_bill_won_t_limit_mammograms.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/lawmaker_says_health_bill_won_t_limit_mammograms.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:10:26 -0600 The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.Dr. Bernadine Healy says the directive would save money but not lives.The recommendation, released last week by an independent panel, recommends that women not routinely undergo http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/former_nih_chief__ignore_new_mammogram_guideline.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/former_nih_chief__ignore_new_mammogram_guideline.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:10:22 -0600 Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say.The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually over interest rate actions. But this year http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/analysis__fed_under_fire_as_public_anger_mounts.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/analysis__fed_under_fire_as_public_anger_mounts.html Tom Raum The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:40:20 -0600 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.There's talk the Kennedy political bloodlines are running thin. Some say the http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/sizing_up_the_kennedy_dynasty_s_next_generation.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/sizing_up_the_kennedy_dynasty_s_next_generation.html Andrew Miga The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:40:24 -0600 The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.The group, which surveyed 1,350 households, said there will be about 33.2 million people traveling by car this year — a 2.1 percent increase from last year.But there will be a 6.7 percent http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/more_americans_expected_to_travel_for_thanksgiving.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/more_americans_expected_to_travel_for_thanksgiving.html Nafeesa Syeed The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:10:22 -0600 A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/historic_health_care_bill_clears_senate_hurdle.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/historic_health_care_bill_clears_senate_hurdle.html David Espo The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:10:21 -0600 Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.The scholarships announced early Sunday provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. The 32 winners were selected from 805 applicants endorsed by 326 different colleges and universities.The American students http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/rhodes_scholars_named_for_2010.html http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2009/Nov/22/rhodes_scholars_named_for_2010.html The Associated Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:41:20 -0600