Give us a brake 10/5/2012

SOME perils are easier to dodge than others. A helicopter equipped with Honeywell’s latest safety system can spot danger through dense cloud. It can even spot hazards...

Congressional Budget Office warns of Social Security insolvency by 2033 10/5/2012

Social Security did not take in as much money as it spent last year, according to the latest report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The CBO esti...

Chamber of Commerce Ad Blitz in 9 House Districts 10/5/2012

The Chamber of Commerce has become a major player in House races, since only last week.

In yet another state where the presidential race is all but settled and the ...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Costa 10/5/2012

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, in his re-election campaign to California’s 16th Congressional District, the Costa campaign said i...

Shale gas a game changer for U.S. energy economy 10/4/2012

Huge new shale gas discoveries are a game changer for energy in the U.S., potentially reshaping the electricity and transportation industries, according to officials at the...

Small businesses becoming more pessimistic, U.S. Chamber says 10/4/2012

Forget four years ago: Is your business better off now than it was two years ago, after the financial crisis had ended?

Sixty percent of small business owners/execu...

Why Dodd-Frank Rules Keep Losing in Court 10/4/2012

Since the mid-2000s, regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission have been challenged six times in the federal court of appeals in Washington, D.C. The SEC lost e...

Chamber Expands Ads Into New York, Utah And Georgia 10/4/2012

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch a new round of advertisements in nine House districts beginning tomorrow, including on behalf of six New York Republicans and two c...

Economy to dominate crucial first debate for Obama, Romney 10/3/2012

DENVER — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney – who has struggled to find momentum – will offer voters two starkly diffe...

Schools Advocates Rally Around 'Parent Power' Movie 10/3/2012

Advocates who are pushing for laws to give parents more control over their children’s schools are raising money and building campaigns around a Hollywood mo...

Gang of 8 plots secret retreat 10/3/2012

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will crisscross the country during the next month offering different visions for how to fix the country’s fiscal mess.

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Change the tax conversation 10/2/2012

What if we could change the conversation about taxes?

What if we could restructure the tax code to be so simple that you to do your taxes at home, without requiring...

The manufacturing recovery that wasn't 10/2/2012

The resurgence of the American manufacturing sector has been an underlying theme for everything from President Obama’s reelection campaign to Chrysler&rsquo...

Strong Republican a Senate long shot in Hawaii 10/2/2012

When the junior senator from Hawaii, Democrat Daniel K. Akaka, announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a fifth term, the Republican Party immediately set its sights...

Chamber launches get-out-the-vote effort to boost GOP congressional candidates 10/1/2012

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has spent tens of millions of dollars on television ads to help boost Republican congressional candidates, launched a...

'Dark money' flowing back to issue ads 10/1/2012

Some political non-profit groups that don't disclose their donors are redirecting their spending in the wake of a decision that has shaken up campaign finance law...

Energy powers employment 10/1/2012

In 2009, Andrea Conaway was an X-ray technician whose career plan was showing a few fractures.

Hospitals were consolidating around Pittsburgh, so she went searching...

The Buzz: U.S. Chamber bashes California Democrats in TV ad blitz 10/1/2012

The U.S. Chamber of Commercehas begun a multimillion-dollar television ad buy blasting Democratic congressional candidates in California, including three in the S...