... president was scheduled to meet with Congressional leaders to discuss the future of the Bush tax cuts, which will expire in January and raise tax rates if Congress doesn't act. President Obama still plans to meet Thursday with Congressional Democrats. Republicans asked that the meeting be rescheduled to Nov ...
... each of the six, along with many other people in similar situations across the country. Now, nine months later, health care reform has moved from bill to law. Even as Republicans vow to repeal it, significant consumer-protection provisions have begun to go into effect -- including new rules that ban ...
you receive a first physical interview, if you pass that, you receive a second physical interview and then you wait to see if you landed the job, while consistently applying for new open job postings. I have been told they receive 200 to 400 or more resumes for each single ...
Key Players Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus is in charge of the committee that will be responsible for drafting one of two versions of a Senate health care reform bill. Baucus, a 30-year veteran of the Senate, is known as a ...
... the bill before leaving for the July 4 recess, but, after a near party-line vote, Democratic leaders will need some Republican support. In an interview today with PBS' "Nightly Business Report," House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank acknowledged compromises were made to ensure the bill's passage. REP. BARNEY ...
... Across from the construction site that was once the World Trade Center, Goldman Sachs' new world headquarters. To help foot the $2-plus billion construction bill, Goldman got New York City and State to bless a $1.65 billion tax-free so-called liberty bond issue, plus another $66 million ...
A list of topics covered by Paul Solman's Making Sen$e page.
In other news, the goal line appeared in sight Tuesday for the health care debate in the U.S. Senate, and Republicans picked up another vote in the House after freshman Democrat Parker Griffith announced he is switching parties.
This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is waiting to hear back from one of the most influential yet least well-known figures in this year's health care reform debate: Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Sen. Hillary Clinton told the NewsHour Wednesday that she remains optimistic about her chances in next week's Texas and Ohio primaries as she battles Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Clinton details her campaign outlook and the prospects for a general election race against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.
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