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America's faltering economy and the war in Iraq are the main issues in the 7th Congressional District, where longtime incumbent David Obey faces an organic farmer from Rudolph.

The 58 House members who switched their votes from "no" to "yes" on the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry: Neil Abercrombie , D-Hawaii; Rodney Alexander , R-La.; Joe Baca , D-Calif.; J. Gresham ...

Wisconsin House members supported the $700 billion financial bailout package on a 5-3 vote, just as they did with a version that was defeated in the House earlier this week.

In a stunning reversal, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 263-171 Friday to pass a $700 billion measure to rescue the nation's financial sector, acting just days after initially defeating the plan and ...

Michigan lawmakers didn't feel a lot of love this week in the nation's capital as they defended the domestic auto industry in winning support for up to $25 billion in low-cost government loans to retool auto ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US Congress' rejection of a $700-billion financial bailout sent shockwaves around the world Tuesday hitting European banks, putting global markets into a new spin and policymakers on the ...

Although FY 2009 begins tomorrow, most federal departments and agencies will likely have to wait until March to find out what their new budgets will be.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had urged passage of the bailout bill. In a stunning populist rebellion, rank-and-file members of the House of Representatives defied party leaders Monday to reject President ...

U.S. Rep. David Obey, chair of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations, will discuss economic injustice and the gap between rich and poor Americans in the annual Kastenmeier Lecture on Monday, Oct.

Wisconsin's House delgation voted 5-3 in favor of the Wall Street bailout package promoted by President Bush.

Trustmark Corporation will announce its third quarter 2008 financial results in a news release on Tuesday, October 28 after close of the - 09/25/2008 - 04:44 PM CCAGW Blasts Chairman Obey for $1 Trillion Budget ...

U.S. House Appropriations Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin today introduced an economic stimulus package designed to encourage economic growth.

The House on Friday passed a bill intended to revive the economy with $61 billion of federal spending, but the Senate blocked consideration of a similar bill, and President Bush issued veto threats against ...

The House on Wednesday voted 370-58 to approve a more than $630 billion continuing resolution that would fund at current levels the budgets of most Cabinet departments and federal agencies until March 6, 2009, ...

Congressman Paul Ryan of Janesville joined other House Republicans in proposing an alternative.

The House on Wednesday easily passed a $630 billion stopgap spending bill to continue funding the federal government into March that includes billions for the Pentagon and loans for the struggling U.S. auto ...

Democrats in the U.S. House have decided to allow a 25-year E&P ban off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire at the end of the month.

Bowing to President Bush's demands, the House has passed and was sending to the Senate a mammoth package for the Pentagon on Wednesday that contains a pay raise for soldiers, billions of dollars for the wars in ...

That chant swept the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul - and in large measure, credit for what now appears to be success goes to two Georgia Congressmen, Tom Price of Roswell and Lynn Westmoreland of ...

A mammoth spending bill to keep the U.S. government running through March will include a $25 billion loan guarantee package for the struggling auto industry, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey said on ...