Fri, February 10, 2012
Loose-talking Santorum donor Friess to make star turn in DC
By Samuel P. Jacobs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who is fueling Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, is enjoying his new-found fame ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Rep. Bachus faces insider trading probe: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Spencer Bachus, which oversees the U.S. banking and financial services industries, is under ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Republicans push to wrap up payroll tax talks
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans expressed frustration on Thursday at the slow pace of negotiations over extending a tax break for workers that ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law
By Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Senate transportation bill clears key hurdle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan proposal for the government to spend $109 billion over two years to upgrade roads, bridges and transit systems and create ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Senate panel approves bill to televise high court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Proceedings of the Supreme Court, long kept out of the view of most Americans, would be televised under a bipartisan bill approved ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
New Pentagon rules could put women closer to combat
By David Alexander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon unveiled a new policy on Thursday that will expand job opportunities for women in the military but ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Ex-Giffords aide to run for her House seat
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords who was wounded along with her in a deadly shooting last ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Biden meets human rights advocates on China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and a group of human rights advocates discussed the "deterioration" of the rights situation in China, the White ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Obama grants 10 states leeway on U.S. education law
By Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 U.S. states exemptions from parts of the "No ...
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