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Today's Politics News: Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP After Obama's good week, big choices confront him Tea partiers push back after bad week Senate gone, Obama seats nominees STIMULUS WATCH: Weatherizing program slow to start Family rejoices at release of contractor in Iraq Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race RNC to take fundraising case to Supreme Court Federal judge OKs D.C.'s latest set of gun-control laws US to ban wild-harvest shrimp imports from Mexico Poland's ruling party picks presidential candidate NATO: Europe must upgrade defenses Obama health insurance requirement taken from GOP As Congress takes break, Obama names 15 recess appointments RNC Tees Up Next Supreme Court Campaign Finance Fight Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:47 pm PDT AP - Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign. Full Story Top Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:47 pm PDT AP - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Full Story Top After Obama's good week, big choices confront him Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:00 pm PDT AP - Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: a historic remaking of America's health care system, a vast overhaul of how students pay for college and a groundbreaking deal with Russia to shrink nuclear arsenals. Full Story Top Tea partiers push back after bad week Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:44 pm PDT Politico - The protest features sensitivity towards the coverage of the threats and vandalism targeting Dems. Full Story Top Senate gone, Obama seats nominees Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:24 pm PDT Politico - Bypassing the Senate, Obama uses recess appointments to seat 15 nominees. Full Story Top STIMULUS WATCH: Weatherizing program slow to start Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:01 pm PDT AP - After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected. Full Story Top Family rejoices at release of contractor in Iraq Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:47 pm PDT AP - The family of an Iraqi-American contractor said to have been kidnapped in Baghdad in January rejoiced Saturday over his release, saying they did not believe they would see him alive again. Full Story Top Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:21 pm PDT Reuters - Conservative darling Sarah Palin urged a cheering crowd on Friday to vote for her former running mate John McCain, lending much-needed support as he faces the toughest re-election battle of his long career in the U.S. Senate. Full Story Top RNC to take fundraising case to Supreme Court Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:45 pm PDT AP - The Republican National Committee says it will take a dispute over the kind of money it can raise to the Supreme Court. Full Story Top Federal judge OKs D.C.'s latest set of gun-control laws Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:53 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A federal judge has upheld the new regime of gun laws passed in Washington, D.C., after the US Supreme Court invalidated the city’s handgun ban in a landmark Second Amendment ruling two years ago. Full Story Top US to ban wild-harvest shrimp imports from Mexico Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:05 pm PDT AP - Mexico is losing its certification to export wild-harvest shrimp to the United States because its trawls lack required protections for endangered sea turtles, the State Department said. Full Story Top Poland's ruling party picks presidential candidate Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:02 am PDT AP - Poland's center-right governing party has chosen Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski as its candidate for president, a largely ceremonial job but one with significant symbolic weight in this proud and patriotic country. Full Story Top NATO: Europe must upgrade defenses Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:59 am PDT AP - Europe will be a "paper tiger" in military terms unless it reverses the decline in its defensive capabilities, NATO's chief warned Saturday. Full Story Top Obama health insurance requirement taken from GOP Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:51 pm PDT AP - Republicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it. Full Story Top As Congress takes break, Obama names 15 recess appointments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:36 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama reignited a partisan fight over appointments Saturday when he announced his intention to fill 15 key vacant administration positions -- that normally require Senate approval -- while Congress is adjourned for vacation. Full Story Top RNC Tees Up Next Supreme Court Campaign Finance Fight Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:03 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - The Republican National Committee will ask the Supreme Court to lift 'soft money' contribution bans, teeing up the next major high court challenge to federal campaign finance laws. Full Story Top

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