Government
Senate: Unemployment extension for all states
Currently, only states with jobless rates above 8.5 percent qualify for 13-week extension in benefits for the unemployed.
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Medicaid and health care reform
The Medicaid program may end up playing a large role in covering the nation’s 46 million uninsured....
Lawmakers question how TARP money was spent
Critics blast T.A.R.P. program for not properly tracking how banks used government bailout funds....
President Obama's address to Congress
President Obama tells lawmakers to top playing "games", abandon partisan "scare tactics", and pass comprehensive health reform....
Rhetoric heats up health care debate
Public lashes out at lawmakers at town hall meetings discussing health care, while Rush Limbaugh and others add fuel to the fire....
Occupational safety reform
A new appointment could bring reform to the widely criticized Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
Health care debate: democracy in action
Public policy analyst says current health care debate is a lesson in exactly the way government should work. ...
Deciphering the health care numbers
Exploring how much health care legislation will cost the government, and what health care will cost for the average citizen....
Energy Hearing in the House
Lawmakers look at how real-time meter readings and smarter household appliances can help save on energy costs....
