Lockheed Martin touts F-35 program's progress
As Pentagon officials and Congress grapple with defense spending in a period of tight budgets, Lockheed Martin officials want them to know how well the F-35 joint strike fighter program…Click to...
View ArticleObama to Palestinians: Seek goals at negotiating table, not the UN
With his administration and U.S. allies unable to dissuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from pursuing membership at the United Nations, President Barack Obama will make a case Wednesday for...
View ArticleAnti-China bill re-emerges, but business leaders say it's misdirected
A politically popular bipartisan bill to crack down on China's currency policies was introduced in Congress on Thursday, even as American businessmen operating in China spent this week knocking...
View ArticleSenate OKs payroll tax cut extension, spending package
The Senate on Saturday approved a measure to assure 160 million people that they'll get a Social Security tax break for two more months. But the big vote was accompanied…Click to Continue »
View ArticleEconomists aren't very hopeful about 2012
The good news is that the U.S. economy in 2012 isn't likely to be much worse than this year's has been. The bad news is that it might not be…Click to Continue »
View ArticleNation's farm states push competing guest-worker bills
Half a million foreign farmworkers could gain visas annually under a new plan that some U.S. growers believe doesn't go far enough. Entering a political minefield, the conservative chairman of…Click...
View ArticleDebt-reduction 'supercommittee' starts work with a tone of comity
The bipartisan "supercommittee" charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving proved to be an oasis of calm and cooperation Thursday during its first meeting, a stark...
View ArticleObama's proposals face a tough road in Congress
President Barack Obama's jobs plan drew familiar partisan responses Thursday from Congress: Republicans criticized his initiatives hours before he even addressed them in a joint session, while...
View ArticleObama's model jobs program has its critics
President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs package builds in part on a Georgia job-training program in which people who collect unemployment insurance serve as temporary workers and the companies...
View ArticleObama would raise taxes on rich to pay for jobs plan
President Barack Obama would pay for his jobs bill primarily by raising $467 billion in taxes on the wealthy over 10 years, the White House said Monday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleGOP wants to give Congress veto on national monuments
Citing state sovereignty and economic hardship, Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that they wanted to give Congress the authority to veto presidents' national monument designations, a power used by...
View Article'Supercommittee' hears grim economic, budget outlook from CBO
Members of Congress' bipartisan deficit-cutting "supercommittee" tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving got a sobering assessment Tuesday of the daunting task...
View ArticleDoctor malpractice data is removed from public access by HHS
Patient advocacy groups are protesting the governments shutdown of public access to data on malpractice and disciplinary actions involving thousands of doctors nationwide. The National Practitioner...
View ArticleTexas Sen. Cornyn to approve Ashton Carter for Pentagon post
Texas Sen. John Cornyn says he will vote to approve the nomination of a top Pentagon official whom he criticized just three weeks ago for not supporting the F-35 joint…Click to Continue »
View ArticleBush to blame for U.S. debt crisis, S.C. Rep. Clyburn says
House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn blamed President George W. Bush on Tuesday for the mountain of federal debt the S.C. lawmaker said accumulated through two unfunded wars and tax…Click to...
View ArticleCongress puts on smiley face in bid to curry public favor
Since returning from their summer recess earlier this month, lawmakers have heeded the strong message from an infuriated public: Stop squabbling, fix the economy and act like adults.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAdministration tries to sell states on health insurance exchanges
Worried that the federal government could end up running new insurance marketplaces for dozens of states, the Obama administration is making a new pitch Monday for cooperation to 46 states…Click to...
View ArticleObama proposes $3.1 trillion tax and spending cuts package
President Barack Obama on Monday proposes a package of tax increases and cuts from projected spending totaling nearly $3.1 trillion over 10 years to slow down soaring federal budget deficits.Click to...
View ArticleFuture of Obama education program cloudy
Two years ago, Race to the Top, the Obama administration's signature education policy, was just a line in the massive federal stimulus bill. Now applications have been issued for the…Click to Continue »
View ArticleObama redux: Once again, please let me raise taxes
If President Barack Obamas proposal Monday to raise taxes on the wealthy sounded familiar, it should. Hes been proposing the same thing since he first took office.Click to Continue »
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