Obama Tells Keystone Foes He Will Unveil Climate Measures 6/14/2013

With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Barack Obama plans to unveil a package of separate actions ne...

Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers 6/14/2013

It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain res...

Business leaders back federal immigration reform 6/14/2013

A group of Tennessee business leaders lent their support Thursday for federal legislation aimed at comprehensive immigration reform. The bill is currently pending in the U.S. Se...

GOP warns of $1T EPA regs 6/13/2013

Republicans on Wednesday warned new standards for smog emissions being pushed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be the most expensive regulations in history....

Expectations for Obama launch of trade talks during European visit hitting snag 6/13/2013

WASHINGTON — One of the big goals of President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to Europe may be in jeopardy with French objections threatening to hold up the launch of ...

Immigration reform: Two Senate bill authors see pathway to passage 6/13/2013

Within the sweeping immigration reform measure now before the Senate, there’s room to add border security measures that conservative lawmakers want without laying waste to...

Obama Sees 'Best Chance in Years' for Immigration Overhaul 6/12/2013

President Barack Obama said he thinks Congress can pass legislation overhauling the nation’s immigration system by the end of the summer and praised tough border-security ...

House GOP eyes small-business bill 6/12/2013

The implementation of the JOBS Act that President Barack Obama signed into law more than a year ago is far from finished, but House Republicans already have their sights set on ...

Nashville entrepreneurs impress business bloggers 6/12/2013

Two business bloggers on a two-month, cross-country trip to the nation’s entrepreneurial hot spots said they were surprised by the “pockets of creativity” they...

Back to tax reform 6/10/2013

Tax writers in the House will turn their attention back to reforming the code this week as they await information about the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups. ...

Ayotte Backs Immigration Bill 6/10/2013

Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced Sunday that she will back the bipartisan immigration overhaul — giving it a boost as it heads to the Senate floor this week.

The New Ha...

Lawmakers fuming as jobs law 'disappears into the bureaucracy' 6/10/2013

Lawmakers and company owners are frustrated by the failure of financial regulators to issue new rules for startup companies, arguing the delays are hampering business and freezi...

Jobs report once more puts focus on Fed 6/7/2013

The latest jobs report tells the familiar tale of a slowly recovering economy, raising questions about how the Federal Reserve will interpret the numbers as it considers when to...

Reid sets July deadline for immigration 6/7/2013

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has set an end-of-month deadline for Senate passage of immigration reform, giving the chamber three weeks to debate legislation on the f...

Shutdown Talk Underlines Spending Bill Split 6/7/2013

The White House and Speaker John A. Boehner exchanged barbs Thursday over the potential for a shutdown showdown this fall, underscoring the yawning budget gap between the partie...

Immigration Battle Shifts to House as Senate Readies Bill 6/6/2013

Immigration may be coming to the Senate floor next week, but the House has become the central focus in the struggle to pass a comprehensive bill.

Bipartisan House negoti...

The Pillars of Smart Bipartisan Corporate Tax Reform 6/6/2013

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., just announced plans to retire next year. The 71-year-old Montana Democrat has spent the twilight of his career working to fix America’s broken t...

Poll finds low support for Obamacare 6/6/2013

Obamacare is more unpopular than ever, a new poll finds.

According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released late Wednesday night, the president’s health re...