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Grassroots group wants the Fed to be audited
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite is among the 249 co-sponsors of a House bill that seeks to monitor the Federal Reserve System more closely.
Stimulus dollars shortchange Florida
Floridians have received less federal stimulus money than any of their fellow Americans, despite an unemployment rate here that ranks among the highest in the country and a budget crisis that few states can match.
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's office has direct link to Social Security information
The days of automated phone calls, lines and long commutes could be coming to an end for local Social Security recipients.
Dockery backing Ross in Congressional race
Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. Let the "Dockery for Governor" talk heat up just a tad.
Bill Provides Tax Break for Annuities
Senators Kent Conrad and Sen. Pat Roberts have introduced S. 1297, The Retirement Security for Life Act.
House OKs Landmark Climate Bill In Close Vote
Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. WASHINGTON In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, ...
Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out
As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several members of Congress who oversee the banking industry were grabbing up or dumping bank stocks.
Climate bill vital for Florida
Today in Washington, the House has a historic opportunity to put the nation on a new course toward sustainable living and energy independence.
Members of Congress were chasing profits while making policy
The House Financial Services Committee shapes federal banking laws and conducts oversight of the banking industry, its regulators and programs such as last year's massive bank bailout.
Some drama, no arrests at Moore protest
In the end, there were no arrests. There was some finger-pointing and excited shouting, but that was the limit of the drama at a protest Wednesday outside U.S. Rep.
Tax break sought for non-qualified lifetime annuities
Two senators have reintroduced legislation that would provide tax breaks to those with non-qualified lifetime annuities.
Brooksville family files suit over death in head-on collision
Family files suit over death in head-on collision The relatives of a Brooksville woman who died from injuries sustained in a July 2008 head-on collision filed a civil lawsuit Friday.
Local dealerships in favor of clunker bill
As the so-call "cash for clunkers" bill awaits passage in the Senate, two local dealerships endorsed the idea of trading in an old car for a credit on a new one.
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Rules change on patriotism, war funding
T oday, we start with political debates over war funding and Barack Obama's birth certificate and somehow end up talking about beautiful people, the zoo and an NBA Finals flashback.
Senate Passes 'Cash for Clunkers' Incentive Program
Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. WASHINGTON Congress approved a "cash for clunkers" program Thursday to provide government incentives of $3,500 to $4,500 to motorists who trade in their gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles after Senate Democrats narrowly defeated a ...
Bids opened for Sebring civic center
By the time the Sebring High School class of 2010 graduates, Dave Travers hopes the Highlands County Fairgrounds arena will be ready.
Florida GOP Congressional Members Endorse McCollum
Members of the Florida GOP Congressional Delegation have endorsed Attorney General Bill McCollum to be Florida's next Governor, the campaign announced June 16th.
Area lawmakers get behind bill to audit the Federal Reserve
Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. Congress apparently believes it's time to hold the nation's money managers accountable, and North Central Florida lawmakers agree.
Weeki Wachee family pursues another adoption in China, this time twin orphans.
Natalie and Adam Gillespie are on a mission to raise $30,000 by July. Their goal: To adopt twin 4-year-old girls from China, one of whom is crippled and developmentally delayed with cerebral palsy.
Middle-Class More Vulnerable in Retirement than Previously Thought
The findings of a new report released today indicate that the decline in the stock market in the last six months of 2008 dramatically worsened the retirement outlook for middle-class Americans.