http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/ Life, one page @ a time en-us Copyright 2007 PressOfAtlanticCity.com http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/syndication Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:22:36 EST This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3813298p-13383334c.html WASHINGTON (AP) A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed. "The set of interrogation methods authorized for current use is narrower than before, and it does not today include waterboarding," Steven... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812779p-13382436c.html WASHINGTON (AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton's crushing losses in Maryland and Virginia highlight an erosion in what had been solid advantages among women, whites and older and working-class voters. While this week's results can be explained by those states' relatively large numbers of blacks and well-educated residents - who tend to... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3813299p-13383336c.html WASHINGTON (AP) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the country's economic outlook has deteriorated and signaled that the central bank is ready to keep on lowering a key interest rate - as needed - to shore things up. In prepared remarks to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812688p-13382140c.html WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush will find violent conflicts threatening nearly every corner of Africa when he begins a six-day visit on Saturday. But the continent's turmoil and trouble are not expected to be Topic A for the president. Fighting disease and poverty and promoting growth, development and security will be... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812806p-13382499c.html WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Ethics Committee said Wednesday that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig acted improperly in connection with a men's room sex sting last year and had brought discredit on the Senate. In a letter to the Republican senator, the ethics panel said Craig's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812569p-13381530c.html IN THE HEADLINES Obama offers $210 billion economic plan that creates construction, environmental jobs ... Clinton puts losses behind, looking to contests in Texas and Ohio on March 4 ... McCain rallies House GOP members as he looks toward the general election ... Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign chief backs Obama's... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3813318p-13383418c.html WASHINGTON (AP) At least 555 people - including more than 100 children - died in all-terrain vehicle accidents in 2006. Government safety officials expect the number to go much higher as they receive information from coroners and hospitals nationwide. The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated that an additional 146,600 people... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812712p-13382208c.html OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Diesel pollution spewed from the world's largest ships is increasing in U.S. ports and coastal areas even as regulators rein in car and truck emissions. Some members of Congress and local regulators are demanding that the Bush administration quickly curtail the ship pollutants to protect health instead... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812714p-13382207c.html WASHINGTON (AP) Congress on Wednesday moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects, despite President Bush's threat to veto any measure that limits the agency's interrogation techniques. The prohibition was contained in a bill authorizing intelligence activities for the current year, which... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3813112p-13383100c.html PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on Wednesday defended his decision to suspend campaigning before Wisconsin's presidential primary so he can fly to the Cayman Islands to give a paid speech. He said he needs to make a living, and the event has been on his schedule for... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812893p-13382760c.html ROBSTOWN, Texas (AP) Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton labored to revitalize her restructured political operation Wednesday, testing a new line of criticism against presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama and voicing confidence in the face of challenging weeks ahead. "I am in the solutions business," she told more than 4,000 supporters... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812886p-13382679c.html SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) Thirty-six years ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton knocked on doors through southern Texas registering voters for the Democratic Party. It was her first job in politics. Now she's after the top job in politics and the door knocking Wednesday was distinctly different. Clinton went looking for support... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812882p-13382660c.html WASHINGTON (AP) Only a dozen House members and half as many senators declined to play in Congress' pork barrel playground last year by refusing to ask for home state projects, a Washington-based watchdog group disclosed Wednesday. Their more than 500 colleagues easily filled the gap, obtaining more than $18 billion... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812859p-13382606c.html WASHINGTON (AP) House lawmakers are proposing a new version of a wide-ranging farm bill in an attempt to appease the White House, which had contended that the legislation was full of wasteful spending. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Virginia Rep. Robert Goodlatte, the top Republican on the... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812699p-13382167c.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) Archbishop Jose Gomez complained Wednesday about plans for a rally by Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, an abortion rights supporter, at a Catholic university. The archbishop released a statement noting that Clinton and some other presidential candidates' support for abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research were not... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812853p-13382586c.html WASHINGTON (AP) Forget worldwide fame and power. For Barack Obama the perks of running for president are closer to home. Democrat Obama told People magazine that it's gotten a lot easier to get dinner reservations to treat his wife and he can even get Hannah Montana tickets for his daughters... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812489p-13381385c.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The man who served as national manager of former President Clinton's 1992 campaign endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday. David Wilhelm, who led the campaign and later became chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Obama had the unique ability to encourage cooperation as a 65-percent president... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812528p-13381421c.html WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, at loggerheads with House Democrats over how closely the government can eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, warned Wednesday that terrorists were planning fresh assaults that would make the Sept. 11 attacks "pale by comparison." Bush called on the image of planes crashing into the twin towers of... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812713p-13382213c.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas Democrats will use both a primary election and precinct caucuses March 4 to allocate the largest single bloc of delegates left on the Democratic presidential nomination calendar. A total of 193 delegates is at stake. The primary election will choose 126 of them, but it's really... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812642p-13381923c.html WASHINGTON (AP) In a new challenge to President Bush's use of executive power, Senate Democrats want to make the government produce evidence for a judge to review when it claims disclosing such information would endanger national security. The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman is developing legislation aimed at reining in the... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812804p-13382500c.html THE PEN: President Bush on Wednesday signed a $168 billion economic rescue package. THE PLAN: The package will rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to more than 130 million, in hopes that they will spend the money and brace the wobbly economy. THE QUESTION: It's unclear whether people will... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812805p-13382498c.html The 51-45 roll call by which the Senate on Wednesday voted to authorize intelligence activities for the current year, including a ban on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods. On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to pass the bill and a "no" vote... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812738p-13382280c.html WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, stepping up pressure on Syria, ordered new sanctions Wednesday to punish officials in Damascus for alleged efforts to undermine stability in Iraq and meddle in Lebanon's sovereignty and democracy. Bush, in an executive order, said he was expanding penalties against senior government officials in Syria and... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812777p-13382449c.html WASHINGTON (AP) In John McCain, congressional Republicans are grappling with the notion of a presidential nominee most didn't expect or want. Now, struggling under a raft of retirements that has dimmed their chances of regaining control of the House and Senate, Republicans are coming to terms with the idea of... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/politics/story/3812778p-13382450c.html Quotes from Republican lawmakers about having Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as the Republican presidential nominee: --- "In those states in which there are difficult races, they're difficult because the states tend to go Democratic in presidential elections. McCain has the ability to carry those states. From that perspective, having him...