National Govt & Politics Stories for November 2012
Stories for Tuesday, November 6
Race tight as election night count goes to wire
President Barack Obama powered through the reliably Democratic Northeast, and Republican Mitt Romney secured his conservative base Tuesday night in a tense duel for the White House shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment. The battlegrounds that held the keys to the White House were anything but settled — ...
Republicans ready to grasp renewed House control
Republicans had renewed control of the House within their grasp early Wednesday as the two parties traded gains from the Eastern seaboard to the Southwest. Shortly past midnight in the East, Democrats had knocked off nine GOP House members — including six members of the huge tea party-backed House GOP ...
Democrats maintain control of Senate
Democrats handily secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges in Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut to maintain the control they've held since 2007. With a third of the Senate up for election, Republicans were undone by ...
Feinstein facing token opposition in Senate race
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein was expected to coast to a fourth full term over a Republican challenger who has never held elective office. California's senior senator was far better known and better financed than challenger Elizabeth Emken, who lacked political experience and the fundraising skills to mount a credible challenge. ...
Election will decide health law's future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture. The law "will fall in November by a vote of the American people," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pledged that day, speaking for many other Republicans. Democrats were more ...
Employers expected to keep some of health law's popular provisions, even if Obama loses
No matter who wins the presidential election, most workers who get health insurance through their jobs won't see a lot of immediate changes in their health benefits. Employers will continue looking for ways to cap expenses, moving toward higher deductible policies, or placing limits on how much they pay toward ...
Stories for Monday, November 5
No rest in final campaign hours for Obama, Romney
The White House the prize, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney raced through a final full day of campaigning on Monday through Ohio and other battleground states holding the keys to victory in a tight race. Both promised brighter days ahead for a nation still struggling with a sluggish economy ...
States scramble to help displaced residents vote
One storm-battered New Jersey county was delivering ballots to emergency shelters Monday while New York City was lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas to the polls. With the presidential election looming just a week after Superstorm Sandy's devastation, authorities were scrambling to make voting as ...
Stories for Thursday, November 1
New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring critically needed leadership to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy. The endorsement from the politically independent and nationally recognizable mayor was a major ...
Clinton hits Romney for Ohio auto ad he calls lie
Former President Bill Clinton joined a chorus of Democrats who are blasting Mitt Romney over campaign ads that claim General Motors and Chrysler are adding jobs in China at the expense of Ohio. Clinton, campaigning for President Barack Obama across the all-important state of Ohio on Thursday, said Romney's response ...
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