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Congress to vote on Superstorm Sandy flood aid
A $9.7 billion measure to pay flood insurance claims is set for a vote in Congress, boosting prospects for relief for the many home and business owners flooded out by... Read more »
House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
More than two months after Superstorm Sandy struck, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and... Read more »
A budget deal will do nothing to fix America's unemployment rate
Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December ?— substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment... Read more »
Easing pain, but not fixing long-term problems
In the "fiscal cliff" agreement, President Barack Obama secured his vanishingly narrow electoral mandate to raise tax rates on a sliver of the wealthiest. Read more »
More fiscal clashes loom for new Congress
A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them, in an intensely partisan and... Read more »
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