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Republicans left with few options on Obamacare after court rules
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans acknowledged their options are limited in replacing Obamacare though they vowed that the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding federal subsidies...
Long-term jobless benefits stalled even with U.S. Senate passage
WASHINGTON – U.S. House Republicans are showing no sign that they’ll move forward legislation the Senate passed restoring benefits for the long-term unemployed.
House Republican...
U.S. Senate advances extension of long-term jobless benefits
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted to advance legislation restoring benefits for the long-term unemployed that the Obama administration has sought to revive since...
Latest attempt to revive jobless benefits bill falters in Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic leaders said they would keep working to strike a compromise on reviving expanded jobless benefits, even as the chamber...
Senate sends three-day funding bill to Obama to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate cleared for President Barack Obama’s signature a stopgap spending bill to keep federal government funding from lapsing tonight.
The Senate...
Congress sends Obama budget reducing $63B in spending cuts
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate cleared and sent to President Barack Obama the first bipartisan budget produced by a divided Congress in 27 years,...
Unemployment benefits set to lapse as Congress fails to extend
(Updated, 3:07 p.m.)
NEW YORK – Unemployment benefits for 1.3 million people in the U.S. are poised to end Dec. 28 as Democrats failed in...
Taxes set to rise for U.S. workers as budget deal elusive
WASHINGTON - With taxes set to increase for almost every U.S. worker at midnight, Congress hasn’t reached a budget deal that Democrats and Republicans...
U.S. budget deal would boost economy in 2013, Zandi says
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy will fall into “severe recession by the spring” unless Congress lessens the tax increases and spending cuts set to...
Eastern U.S. struggles back to life after Sandy’s onslaught
NEW YORK - Millions of people in the Northeast U.S., the region most dependent on electric grids and mass transit networks for everyday life,...
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