Tax increases for health care in ’13 may be just a start for U.S. workers
New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Obama's health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health...
View ArticlePricey inaugural hotel packages still available
Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Obama's second inauguration of course can't stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan's family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is...
View ArticleCounties sue bank over bad loan losses, cite foreclosure costs in millions
ATLANTA — Three Atlanta-area counties have filed a lawsuit claiming that British bank HSBC cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in extra expenses and damage to their tax bases by aggressively...
View ArticleA quick ‘fiscal cliff’ deal could happen ...
In case the public isn't frustrated enough by Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: Lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let...
View ArticleHURT: Gun grabbers won’t heed NRA’s sensible advice
ANALYSIS/OPINION:What an irony it was to watch the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre finally emerge after a self-imposed and highly publicized week of silence after the incomprehensible...
View ArticleFor Obama, veto isn’t overriding concern
That yawn you heard was Congress reacting to another veto threat from President Obama.Mr. Obama threatened to veto the $633 billion defense authorization bill, which Congress approved last week, over...
View ArticleU.S. gun support runs far deeper than politics
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Adam Lanza's mother was among the tens of millions of U.S. gun owners. She legally had a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and a pair of handguns, which her 20-year-old son used to kill...
View ArticleKennedy not running for Mass. Senate seat
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Edward Kennedy Jr., a son of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, announced Monday he has decided not to run for the Senate seat from Massachusetts that will become vacant if Sen....
View ArticleIn polarized nation, Iowa oddly split
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans and Democrats in state capitals across the country are talking ambitiously about what they will do next year with the unchecked power they amassed in the fall elections....
View ArticleAirlines’ fees undermine fliers’ ability to compare
For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare.But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the...
View ArticleInside Politics: Geithner works to delay hitting borrowing limit
The Treasury Department will begin taking steps this week to delay hitting the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. Without doing so, the debt limit would be hit on Dec. 31.Treasury Secretary...
View ArticleGOP willing to bend on issues
DES MOINES, Iowa — For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control....
View ArticleOMB report: ‘No regulatory tsunami’ on way
The Obama administration is pushing back against critics who have accused the president of unleashing a "regulatory tsunami" against the business community.In a long-delayed report from the White House...
View ArticleLiberals press own red lines in ‘fiscal cliff’ talks
Republicans said Wednesday that it's now Democratic leaders' turn to feel the heat of trying to work out a budget deal.After House conservatives sank his plan last week, Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio...
View ArticleUnions dream big for Obama’s 2nd term
When President Obama spoke out forcefully against Michigan's right-to-work law, it was a rare example of the president putting on public display his support of organized labor."What they're really...
View ArticleHawaii lieutenant gov. picked to fill Inouye's Senate seat
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz on Wednesday was appointed the state's next U.S. senator, bucking the dying wishes of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye to win the support of Gov. Neil...
View ArticleU.S. Treasury to take steps to avoid borrowing limit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department will begin taking steps this week to delay hitting the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. Without those steps, the debt limit would be hit on Dec....
View ArticleFormer President George H.W. Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush remained in guarded condition overnight in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after a day marked by "a series of setbacks including...
View ArticleU.S. economy could handle short fall over 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — The economic threat that's kept many Americans on edge for months is nearing reality — unless the White House and Republicans cut a budget deal by New Year's Day.Huge tax increases. Deep...
View ArticleObama cuts Hawaii vacation short because of 'fiscal cliff'
President Obama is cutting his Christmas vacation in Hawaii short to return overnight Wednesday to Washington, where the tax-and-spending debate awaits him.He will be joining the Senate, which returns...
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