U.S. Chamber opposed to Senate Democrats' sequester replacement bill 2/28/2013

A top business group is opposing a bill proposed by Senate Democrats to partly replace scheduled cuts with tax increases. 

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said We...

Chamber study claims to debunk EPA figures on job-creating regulations 2/28/2013

The nation’s largest business lobby presented new research Wednesday rebutting claims from the Environmental Protection Agency that federal regulations create thousan...

White House Counts on G.O.P. to Bend as Cuts' Effects Are Felt 2/28/2013

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s team concedes that the almost certain arrival of across-the-board budget cuts on Friday will not immediately produce the politica...

As New York weighs fracking, rivals race ahead 2/28/2013

As yet another deadline comes and goes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to put off a decision on whether to allow fracking in New York, even as other states rush to cash in on ...

Obama Rejects Plan For More Say In Spending Cuts 2/27/2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama brushed off a Republican plan Tuesday to give him flexibility to allocate $85 billion in looming spending cuts, wanting no part of...

US Chamber report to allege EPA downplays rules' impact 2/27/2013

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will release a report Wednesday that alleges the Environmental Protection Agency is using fuzzy math when it analyzes how regulations...

Republican Senators Encouraged by Meeting With Obama 2/27/2013

Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham said they are encouraged that President Barack Obama understands their insistence that better border security precede a p...

NBC/WSJ poll: Public wary about sequester cuts, but Obama in stronger political position than GOP 2/27/2013

With automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to begin Friday, majorities of Americans believe that approach is not a good idea and also say the contentious ...

Sens.McCain and Graham to meet with Obama for talks on immigration 2/26/2013

Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will meet with President Obama at the White House on Tuesday to discuss immigration, congressional aides confirmed t...

G.O.P. Drafts Plan to Give Obama Discretion on Cuts 2/26/2013

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are preparing to counter increasingly dire warnings from President Obama about the impact of automatic budget cuts with a plan ...

Why Unions Want a Higher Minimum Wage 2/26/2013

Organized labor's instantaneous support for President Obama's recent proposal to hike the minimum wage doesn't make much sense at first glance. The average private-sector u...

Woodward pushes back: W.H. confusing, distorting facts on sequester 2/25/2013

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward tells POLITICO Playbook that the White House is muddling the facts on the sequester - "a classic case of distortion and confusion."

Finance to vote on Lew nomination on Tuesday 2/25/2013

The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on President Obama’s nominee for Treasury secretary, Jack Lew.

Lew, formerly Obama’s chief of staff, has ...

Congress Lumbers Toward Sequestration 2/25/2013

Monday marks the beginning of the last legislative week until sequestration begins and federal agencies start scaling back government services and furloughing workers &mdas...

Sudden Spending Cuts Likely to Bleed Slowly 2/22/2013

The political jousting over the federal spending cuts set to start March 1 largely comes down to how much of an economic blow they could deal. But it may take a while to as...

Labor, business leaders declare progress in immigration talks 2/22/2013

Labor and business leaders on Thursday said they have made progress toward a pact over how to implement reforms of immigration laws in the workplace, but they stopped short...

Consumers in U.S. Hold Negative Economic Outlook as Fuel Climbs 2/22/2013

Americans remain pessimistic about the economic outlook in February as rising gasoline prices compound the damage done by a higher payroll tax.

The gap between posi...

Health-Plan Details Unveiled 2/21/2013

Health-insurance plans that cover tens of millions of Americans will have to pay for mental-health and substance-abuse treatments starting next year under federal rules the...