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Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 17th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Obama offers measures to help rural economies
PEOSTA, IOWA — On the second day of his Midwestern economic tour, President Obama bussed through idyllic landscapes in rural Iowa, armed with several measures that he said would boost the economy here.
But, the administration soon added, none will require more federal funding that Congress must approve.
Such is the dilemma facing Obama as he sets the stage for a battle in Washington this fall over efforts to tame the debt and boost the economy.
Democratic incumbents win Wisconsin recalls
Two Wisconsin Democratic state senators survived recall elections Tuesday night, leaving Republicans with a narrow 17 to 16 majority in the upper chamber.
State Sen. Bob Wirch (D) defeated corporate attorney Jonathan Steitz (R) in the 22nd district. State Sen. Jim Holperin (D) defeated tea party activist Kim Simac (R) in the 12th.
Gov. Scott Walker (R) won both seats in the 2010 election, but the Republican-leaning 12th district was more seriously contested. Simac’s campaign was hobbled by some of her past statements and gaffes on the trail.
Cuccinelli might challenge Warner for Senate seat in 2014
RICHMOND — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) said he might run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, possibly setting up a race against one of Virginia’s most popular politicians, Democrat Mark R. Warner.
Cuccinelli, who garnered national attention for suing the federal government over the new health-care law, had said he would run for reelection or governor in 2013. But in an interview with The Washington Post, he said for the first time that he could instead run for the Senate.
In the interview, he accused Warner — a former governor who has expressed frustrations with the workings of the Senate — of failing to lead and challenge authority.