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Michael C. Bender

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Minimum wage job-loss report is fodder for Republicans

WASHINGTON – Boosting the minimum wage may cost as many as 500,000 people their jobs, said a new report from Congress’s financial scorekeeper that...
FOLLOWING THE SUSPENSION of the U.S. debt limit by the House of Representatives in a Tuesday vote, the measure will pass to the Democrat-led Senate. Texas Republican Ted Cruz has said he will insist on requiring at least 60 votes to advance the measure instead of a simple majority. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

House suspends debt limit until March 2015

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to suspend the U.S. debt limit until March 2015, giving a win to President Barack...
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