AP sources: Obama plans trip to Capitol on Friday (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:37:13 GMT President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Democrats say elections won't stop health care (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:40:48 GMT AP - Far from chastened by off-year election setbacks, congressional Democrats vowed no let-up in the drive to pass controversial health care Wednesday, arguing that the way to regain voter trust was to complete what they started in more prosperous political times.

Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:31:58 GMT AP - Recognizing that a weak economy still needs a government boost, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.

Analysis: Election lessons will shape '10 campaign (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:39:41 GMT Governor-elect Chris Christie gives a thumbs up sign as he sits with Lt. governor elect Kim Guadagno at the Robert Treat Academy charter school Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Newark, N.J., the day after he won over incumbent Jon S. Corzine. Christie said with the visit to the highly successful school, he wanted to highlight his plans to improve education. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Obama turns to policy (Politico) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:23:00 GMT Politico - MADISON, Wis. – Faced with fresh Democratic setbacks on the one-year anniversary of his historical election, President Barack Obama tried to change the topic.

Analysis: For Clinton, tough talk but few results (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:29:05 GMT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks during a presser with Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, not pictured, following her meeting with President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:42:30 GMT Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Obama explains 6th grader's test challenges (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:06 GMT President Barack Obama speaks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:44:08 GMT Carly Fiorina, the former chairwoman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co., who recently completed breast cancer treatment, comments on her hair, before announcing her run for the California Senate seat now held by Democrat Barbara Boxer during a tour of the Earth Friendly Products facility in Garden Grove, Calif. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

House panel votes to give SEC more money, power (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:49 GMT AP - The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment scam in history.