| Senate Dems retreat on Burris; Obama steps in (AP) [8 mins][Lubbock, TX] AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly." | Obama taps spending watchdog, eyes Social Security (AP) [21 mins][Kansas] AP - Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see, " President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy. |
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