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The budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins in October, will identify the winners and losers behind the president’s proposal for a thre... 2 comments
With a bipartisan panel on the verge of failing to reach a compromise on a way to lower the federal deficit, the focus shifted to the aut... 2 comments
Catholic hospitals have apparently split with bishops on an abortion-financing compromise in the health bill. 1 comment
Though health insurers have come under attack by Washington for raising rates, the weak economy and rising cost of medical care may leave... 1 comment
Liz Cheney has criticized lawyers who represented terrorism suspects. A group of right-leaning legal scholars begs to differ. 1 comment
President Obama lost the promise of a “postpartisan” Washington in which rationality and discourse replaced partisan bickering. 1 comment
When a corporate director is also a congressman who has been critical of the Securities and Exchange Commission, it can get tricky. 2 comments
Approval of long-awaited free trade agreements with three countries offered a rare moment of bipartisan agreement in Washington. 1 comment
Newt Gingrich’s record as speaker shows that his ties to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae run deeper and farther back than he has acknowledged. 3 comments
Republicans acknowledge that they do not have the votes to repeal President Obama’s health care overhaul, but they plan to use spending b... 1 comment


