President Barack Obama has cut a deal with Republicans to extend Bush-era tax cuts for two years and unemployment benefits for 13 months. But the plan is already drawing fire from Obama’s own liberal supporters.
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The U.S. Treasury Department is offering up its remaining Citigroup shares, a move that marks the end of one of the federal government’s largest bank bailouts. But the Treasury says it will hold out for an “acceptable price” fo…
The U.S. Treasury Department is offering up its remaining Citigroup shares, a move that marks the end of one of the federal government’s largest bank bailouts. But the Treasury says it will hold out for an “acceptable price” fo…
As health-care costs skyrocket, the ranks of uninsured Americans are growing at their fastest rate ever. A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that 50.7 million people, or 16.7% of the population, h…
The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made…