Politics

Obama Skirting Illinois in Campaign Visits as Democrats Confront Scandals President Barack Obama has campaigned for embattled Democrats this year in Massachusetts, Colorado and Nevada. There’s one trouble spot he’s so far stayed away from: his adopted home state of Illinois.

Obama's Health Plan Gets Kucinich Vote, Faces Another Delay President Barack Obama scored a victory in his bid to overhaul the health-care system when a Democratic lawmaker agreed to switch his vote and back the legislation, even as the bill faced delays in Congress.

Army of Bankers Take Battle Against Consumer Agency Directly to Lawmakers About 800 bankers fanned out across Capitol Hill yesterday, pressing lawmakers to resist creation of a consumer-protection office, shield national banks from state laws and maintain Federal Reserve oversight of smaller lenders.

Montclair Schools Get `Bludgeoning' as Christie Slashes New Jersey Deficit Montclair, the northern New Jersey town with a median income almost twice the U.S. level, may fire more than 5 percent of its workers because of Governor Chris Christie’s proposed $29.3 billion budget. The Chathams, 15 miles southwest, may lose state funds that could pay for 45 teachers.

Clinton to Push Nuclear Arms-Control Treaty, Mideast Peace Talks in Moscow U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek to speed up the signing of a new nuclear arms- control treaty and discuss the Middle East peace process during a two-day visit to Moscow that begins today.

Dodd Chief Counsel Traded Financial Securities as Panel Wrote Crisis Laws Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd’s chief counsel in 2008 traded stock in Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co., American International Group Inc. and other rescued companies as the panel considered legislation to address the credit crisis, according to her financial disclosure form filed with the Senate.

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