By ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON – Congress is edging closer to yet another down-to-the wire showdown as House Republicans shun a bipartisan payroll tax cut bill approved by the Senate and prepare to write a package to please rank-and-file GOP lawmakers clamoring for a…
By ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON – Top House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and said congressional bargainers need to write a new version lasting a longer time.…
By ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner says he opposes a Senate-approved bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and wants congressional bargainers to write a new measure that would last an entire year.
The…
By ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, but forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether…
By KEN THOMAS
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is channeling President Theodore Roosevelt, embracing a mantle of economic fairness for the nation’s middle class Tuesday that draws parallels to the progressive reformer’s calls for a “square deal” for regular Americans more than a…
By JOAN LOWY and MATTHEW BARAKAT
WASHINGTON – FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was placed on a leave of absence Monday as Department of Transportation officials decide how to handle Babbitt’s weekend arrest on charges of drunken driving in suburban northern Virginia.
DOT officials…
ROME – Premier Mario Monti said Sunday that his government of technocrats has approved a package of austerity and growth measures to “reawaken” the Italian economy and help save the euro common currency from collapse.
The measures include immediate cuts to the costs…
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DAVID ESPO
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of President Barack Obama’s…
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS
ATHENS, Greece – Thousands of protesters bitterly opposed to government austerity measures marched through the Greek capital Thursday, as another general strike closed schools and public services, left hospitals functioning on reduced staff and confined ferries to port.
The 24-hour…
By DAVID ESPO
WASHINGTON – Republican congressional leaders stressed a willingness Wednesday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut due to expire Dec. 31, setting up a year-end clash with Democrats over how to pay for a provision at the heart of…
