1 mins ago - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.
58 mins ago - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.
1 hr 9 mins ago - Nevada Sen. Harry Reid says he plans to be a "softer majority leader" once fellow Democrat Barack Obama holds the White House and the number of Democrats in the Senate swells.
1 hr 14 mins ago - Sen. Edward Kennedy and other key lawmakers who championed mental health parity legislation have met with President Bush at the White House for a ceremonial signing
1 hr 21 mins ago - To the thousands of Minnesotans who have lost their jobs or will in the coming months, Dan McElroy has a message: Help is available.
1 hr 40 mins ago - Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them.
1 hr 45 mins ago - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable. "Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money," Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hastily called news conference in the Capitol.
1 hr 59 mins ago - The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee proposed Thursday giving the Commodities Future Trading Commission authority to regulate market credit default swaps, which have played a key role in the Wall Street's recent financial meltdown.
2 hrs 22 mins ago - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable.
2 hrs 24 mins ago - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress rushed Thursday toward keeping unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for Americans whose benefits are running out.