Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries 5/23/2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting sh...

Hunt for immigration votes on in Senate 5/23/2013

Getting immigration reform to the Senate floor took hours of negotiations and committee hearings, hundreds of amendments, a careful orchestration of public statements and b...

Senate Panel Splits Over Labor-Board Picks 5/23/2013

The Senate labor committee voted Wednesday to advance a bipartisan slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, but the panel split largely along party lin...

Business groups cheer on House immigration reform effort 5/20/2013

Business lobbyists are cheering on immigration negotiators in the House and expect they will make changes to the low-skilled worker visa program designed by the Senate&rsqu...

New Federal Fracking Rules Rile Environmentalists, Oil and Gas Industry 5/20/2013

The Obama administration released its latest version of long-awaited rules proposed to govern hydraulic fracturing on public lands Thursday, angering environmental groups w...

S&P Warns Congress of Risks of Political Brinkmanship on Debt 5/20/2013

The debt-ceiling deal expired this weekend, but the credit-rating agency that sent shock waves through financial markets when it downgraded the U.S. credit rating in 2011 i...

Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law 5/20/2013

Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties under the federal health law by offering very limited plans that can lack key benefits su...

House group reaches immigration deal 5/17/2013

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives has reached an immigration deal “in principle.”

A senior House GOP leadership aide confi...

New Jobless Claims Rise, and Housing Starts Fall 5/17/2013

New data released Thursday on the United States economy showed some worrisome signs.

Jobless claims rose sharply last week, while housing starts tumbled in April an...

GOP may roll out debt ceiling plan before August 5/17/2013

The House Republican leadership is considering releasing its debt ceiling plan before the August recess so lawmakers can actively sell it to their constituents....

Gang of 8 looks to defend guest worker plan 5/14/2013

The Senate Gang of Eight has largely controlled the Senate Judiciary Committee’s immigration markup, and the group’s next step: shielding a painstakin...

SEC nears decision on requiring businesses to disclose donations 5/14/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission under new chief Mary Jo White is approaching a crucial decision on whether to require publicly traded corporations to disclose their ...

Pelosi: ObamaCare 'largely responsible' for bringing down deficit 5/14/2013

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that President Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law is helping to bring down the deficit.

"Many of...

In Immigration Bill Talks, House Group Raises Voice 5/13/2013

A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives has been meeting on and off for four years behind closed doors, working on its own version of legislation to overhaul the...

Economic Forecast: Expect a Late-Year Upswing 5/13/2013

Political paralysis in Washington won't stall an economic recovery that's revving up across the rest of the country.

That's the consensus of economists surveyed by ...

IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says 5/13/2013

At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about...

WH official: Obama won't negotiate on debt limit 5/10/2013

A top White House official said Thursday that President Obama won't haggle over a debt ceiling increase later this year and risk a repeat of 2011. 

Gene Sperli...

Immigration bill passes first early test in U.S. Senate 5/10/2013

 In the first legislative test for the U.S. Senate's bipartisan immigration bill, the Judiciary Committee rejected a Republican attempt to significantly delay the lega...