There are significant changes that must be made in order for this free trade agreement to gain broad congressional support, Representative Louise Slaughter, a leader of trade-wary Democrats warned on Monday in a statement.
Obama, after a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday, said he wanted to resolve problems blocking the trade deal [...]
Cash-poor states could shift more of the costs for social programs, such as childrens health and welfare plans, to localitiesjust when they can least afford it.
Counties, villages, cities and the like typically get 60 percent of their revenue from their own property taxes and the states, Goldman Sachs said.
But the housing markets fragile state and [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing for a vote on the legislation by the end of the week.
Democratic leaders have been struggling all week to come up with a compromise that could win the support of their caucus as well as at least one Republican to get the 60 votes needed to advance [...]
The lawsuitoriginally filed by Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC and joined by more than a dozen companies involved in offshore drilling operations — is the first legal action seeking to reverse the drilling ban imposed by the U.S. Department of Interior.
The companies are seeking a restraining order to bar enforcement of the moratorium, declared after [...]
7 billion budget deficit and is emblematic of the decisions facing states across America whose budget deficits have soared during the recession.
Democrats want to re-impose a one-year tax on millionaires that has been vetoed by Republican Governor Chris Christie. The 10.75 percent tax on income above 1 million would hit 16,000 people, some of them [...]
S. Congress over whether to penalize China for what some lawmakers see as unfair trade practices.
Chinas central bank said it would gradually make the yuans exchange rate more flexible, indicating it was ready to break a 23-month-old dollar peg that had become a growing source of friction with the United States.
Washington wants a stronger yuan [...]
The United States and Norway are heavily lobbying other states to endorse the strongly-worded statement, which Oslos delegation is expected to present formally on Tuesday at the Geneva-based body, they said.
We cannot let this Human Rights Council session go by without marking the one-year anniversary of these events this month, said a draft of the [...]
Appearing at a Republican victory rally just blocks from Disneyland in Anaheim, former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, the onetime head of Hewlett-Packard, stressed their private-sector roots as they seek to ride into office on a wave of voter discontent with the political establishment.
Were going to talk about the things that matter most [...]
S. financial regulation legislation, narrowly defeated the states lieutenant governor, Bill Halter, after most political analysts had written her off.
In California, two women who are former corporate CEOs, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, coasted to victory in Republican primary races for a chance at statewide offices.
Lincolns win defied a throw-the-bums-out mood that is sweeping the [...]
S. foe Venezuelas Hugo Chavez, expressed joy at Clintons arrival, and assured her whatever their differences, the United States and Ecuador could work together.
We will not bow down, Correa said in a joint appearance with Clinton. However we are not anti-American, we love the U.S. very much.
The Obama administration has repeatedly vowed closer cooperation with [...]