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A growing number of hospital systems are moving to start their own insurance plans, aiming to broaden their roles and prepare for the changes coming under the federal health care overhaul, says the Wall Street Journal....

The Wall Street Journal calculates that the “typical U.S. family earning $50,000 a year” will lose “an annual income boost of $1,000.”

The deal also greatly relaxes the standards for companies to qualify to grab that tax credit.... 

When Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush increased taxes in return for spending cuts—cuts that never ultimately came—they did so at ratios of 1:3 and 1:2....

Postpones sequestration’s automatic spending cuts (including those to defense) by two months....

A half-century into the War on Poverty, liberals can hardly declare victory. But they can claim the dominant anti-poverty narrative: Fight poverty by spending more....

On January 1, regardless of the outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans will be hit with a $1 trillion Obamacare tax hike....

In the past year, regulators drafted rules that addressed everything from caloric intake to dishwasher efficiency....

...just days left for President Obama and lawmakers in Congress to avert a major tax hike, sequestration, and other major policy changes....

"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.

...will increase the average cost of a new car by $3,000 by 2025....

With time running out for President Obama and Congress to reach an agreement, this Christmas Eve we bring to you 2012 twist on Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem....

A major dock strike could shutdown work on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts when the current longshore contract covering container cargoes on those coasts expires at midnight Saturday, December 29, 2012....

Our coalition has over 2,300 individual members, over 8,000 Facebook fans and more than 320 business members....

Lacking votes from his own party, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off consideration of “Plan B” last night....

12/17/2012: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.

...this bill will allow eligible state, local, and D.C. government employees to run for elective office. The bill also provides greater flexibility in disciplining federal employees charged with minor violations of the Act....

“This bill provides key improvements to the way self-governance works in the Department of the Interior...."

Later today the Republican-led House of Representatives will vote on “Plan B” .... 

...this tax bill contains no tax increases of any kind—in fact, it permanently prevents them....

... cutting wasteful projects is productive and necessary to avoid a nosedive....

Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's biggest utility, will pass on about $700 million in annual costs to people without solar systems ....

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders have done it once again....

Rankings were determined by responses from about 700,000 federal workers from various agencies in the government....

Today, the Senate will begin debating a bill that was supposed to be disaster recovery funds for those devastated by the storm. But so many special-interest projects were added on that the $60.4 billion request has turned into a farce....

Asians are America's fastest-growing immigrant community, and Asian voters constitute 2 percent to 7 percent of registered voters in half of the traditional 10 swing states....

“We have emptied the nation's hospitals, gutted state and local mental health programs, and turned involuntary treatment into a debate point instead of using it as a viable option to prevent tragedy...."

...the government condemned the appraised area, paying for it with compensation supplied by the Ungactas, and transferred it to the Ungactas....

Tropical Cyclone Evan was stationary over Samoa for approximately 24 hours.... 

This week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have been trading secret offers on the fiscal cliff....

... Washington Middle School in Olympia, Wash., [was] projected to use 28% less energy. The school consumed 19% more energy ....

Tomorrow is an important day for Obamacare. It’s the deadline for states to declare their intentions about setting up their own health insurance exchanges....

...the United States would gain significant geopolitical advantages. For example, it would lower the influence of the Middle East. In addition, the United States would be in a position to challenge Russia's influence in Europe....

Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions....

...there's still lots of room for Mr Obama's administration to do more, and the US Travel Association has a great plan to further improve the situation....

In November, Michigan voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have amended the state constitution to prevent the legislature from passing a right-to-work law and elevated union contracts above state law....It lost by 15 points.

As they did at the previous 17 conferences, developing nations demanded that the United States and other developed countries pay them for the climate’s effects....

Insurance premiums could increase by thousands of dollars because of a new tax in President Obama's health care law....

Yesterday’s announcement that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is leaving the U.S. Senate to replace Edwin J. Feulner as president of The Heritage Foundation surprised the political establishment in Washington and underlined Heritage’s role as a key institution for America’s future....

Taxes on wages, dividends, interest, and partnership/sole proprietor income would exceed 50 percent only in Hawaii, California, and New York City….

President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit....

Obama’s answer to the fiscal cliff is a proposed $1.6 trillion in tax hikes plus new stimulus spending—and expanded power for himself to raise the debt ceiling....

More than 4 million people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 did not vote this year. But by applying new voter science, Obama nudged enough replacements in key states — many who were rare or first-time voters — to give him his margin of victory....

The White House’s proposal? $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and a change that would make it easier to raise the debt limit....

Among the 50 states, the top 10 least competitive commercial health insurance markets are in: 1. Alabama, 2. Hawaii, 3. Michigan....

...this action should not be taken as a sign that the Supreme Court is reconsidering the merits of the claims it addressed in NFIB....

The U.S. Supreme Court decides next week whether to hear challenges to laws defining marriage as the conjugal union of a man and a woman....

Survey of four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes covers 72,000 properties in 2,500 U.S. Markets....

...HSUS did not provide grants to any Hawaii shelters and rescues in 2011 to support pet sheltering....

... rankings of the fifty U.S. states according to average monthly mortgage payment and provides the average monthly mortgage payment ....