Archive for March, 2010

WASHINGTON — The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as the lawmaker responsible for counting heads and ensuring passage of major legislation. The South Carolina Democrat has spent the past week in endless... »

WASHINGTON – The senator trying to rewrite the nation’s financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and to give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal. Backing away from the proposal he offered four... »

Tax and spending. When runout of money then tax some more that is all about the liberal in Washington State capital in Olympia is all about. Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown of Spokane said she wants voters to weigh in on the idea of an income tax on the state’s wealthiest in place... »