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Today's Politics News: AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion What's at stake in Tuesday's elections Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter Senate eyes jobless aid, home credit GOP health bill focuses on lower costs GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems 2 hopefuls duel in upstate NY after surprise turn Voters to Pick Tauscher Replacement Poll: generation gap in Eastern Europe on politics Justices seem unwilling to get involved in fees Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit Obama urged to factor WTO issue into tanker contest U.N. assembly draft urges action on Gaza "war crimes" Virginia, New Jersey races may test Obama influence House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives Goodman Senate, House Move Closer on Health Bills as Battle Goes Public AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:32 pm PST AP - The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan. Full Story Top What's at stake in Tuesday's elections Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:02 pm PST AP - What's at stake in Tuesday's election: Full Story Top Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama greeted Hamid Karzai's election victory with as much admonishment as praise on Monday, pointedly advising America's partner in war he must make more serious efforts to end corruption in Afghanistan's government and prepare his nation to ultimately defend itself. Full Story Top Senate eyes jobless aid, home credit Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:27 pm PST Politico - A $20 billion-plus package of homebuyer and business tax breaks was advanced in the Senate on Monday. Full Story Top GOP health bill focuses on lower costs Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:18 pm PST Politico - GOP House leaders seek stark distance from the Dem bill, which focuses on expanding coverage. Full Story Top GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST AP - For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast will be up for grabs. Full Story Top 2 hopefuls duel in upstate NY after surprise turn Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:57 pm PST AP - With the Republican out of the race and unions lining up behind their candidate, national Democrats on Monday used a high-profile campaigner and ramped up get-out-the-vote efforts to try to grab a congressional seat in a district held for decades by the GOP. Full Story Top Voters to Pick Tauscher Replacement Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:20 pm PST CQPolitics.com - Tuesday's special election in Northern California has been more of a whisper compared with the tornado that has encompassed the House race in upstate New York's 23rd District. Full Story Top Poll: generation gap in Eastern Europe on politics Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:32 pm PST AP - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a sharp generational schism has formed in how people in Europe's former communist countries view the shift to democracy and capitalism, a survey has found. Full Story Top Justices seem unwilling to get involved in fees Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:19 pm PST AP - Several Supreme Court justices seemed unsympathetic Monday to calls for the courts to get involved in reining in what investors are calling "excessive" fees on mutual funds, a popular investment vehicle for millions of Americans. Full Story Top Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:47 am PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. Full Story Top Obama urged to factor WTO issue into tanker contest Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:14 pm PST Reuters - Forty U.S. lawmakers backing Boeing Co urged President Barack Obama on Monday to ensure a new Air Force competition for aerial refueling planes takes account of alleged illegal subsidies received by Airbus. Full Story Top U.N. assembly draft urges action on Gaza "war crimes" Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:54 pm PST Reuters - Arab U.N. delegates circulated a draft resolution on Monday that would require Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring a U.N. report alleging war crimes in the Gaza Strip before the Security Council. Full Story Top Virginia, New Jersey races may test Obama influence Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:51 pm PST Reuters - Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of President Barack Obama's influence. Full Story Top House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:57 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Small businesses would have an easier time banding together to offer insurance to employees. Consumers could cross state lines to buy coverage. There'd be no big government expansion. Full Story Top Goodman Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:25 pm PST CQPolitics.com - Maine Set to Vote on Gay Marriage Full Story Top Senate, House Move Closer on Health Bills as Battle Goes Public Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:01 pm PST Bloomberg - Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- After months of private wrangling, the fight over legislation to revamp the U.S. health-care system will soon spill onto the House and Senate floors. Full Story Top

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