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Vermont Rep. Peter Welch is hailing as historic the U.S. House's weekend approval of health care reform legislation.

As the spotlight on health care reform shifts from the House to the more conservative Senate, Sen.

Vermont's only member in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat, voted Saturday night in support of what he called a "momentous step" toward providing health security and stability to all Americans.

Local reactions have varied as people in our neck of the woods hear the U.S. House of Representatives passed a healthcare reform bill.

Congress on Thursday extended tax incentives for first-time homebuyers that some realtors and lenders in Vermont say have energized a sluggish real estate market.

Joyce in Colchester said lawmakers were taking too long to pass a health-care bill.

South Carolina residents can tap into about $4 million in federal rebate cash for energy efficient appliances under a program next spring.

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Vermont's lone congressman says Goldman Sachs should repay taxpayers the $12.9 billion it received through American International Group before it awards bonuses to employees this year.

A commission created to provide jobs and boost the economy in the northern reaches of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York is getting $1.5 million under a measure signed into law by President Barack Obama.

During the next three years, Vermont's electric utilities plan to install electric meters at nearly every residence and business that doesn't already have state-of-the-art metering devices capable of communicating in real time about electricity use.

A Vermont plan to install electricity smart meters and other technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs will receive nearly $70 million in stimulus money.

When Donna Watts' son dropped out of college at age 19 and began working a series of temporary jobs, he lost health insurance coverage under his parents' plan.

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., is pushing to close a loophole that allowed Verizon to avoid 'several hundred millions of dollars in taxes' when it sold its northern New England land line operations to FairPoint Communications last year for $2.3 billion.

Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is pushing a plan to give more Americans health care coverage.

Oct. 14, 2009 - The House Monday, on voice vote, passed H.R. 3606 to limit the 21-day notice requirement under the Credit CARD Act to credit-card accounts, action hailed by NAFCU as an important step that will hopefully lead to final action in the near future.

Rep. Peter Welch heard almost as many complaints from supporters of health care reform as he did from its opponents during a public forum Saturday.

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Sen. Jim Webb on Wednesday urged the Senate to pass a proposal to extend unemployment insurance by up to 14 additional weeks for jobless workers in all 50 states.

Social Security recipients got some bad news in May when they learned they probably wouldn't be getting a cost-of-living adjustment in 2010.