Obama signs unemployment bill
July 23, 2010
Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits
Senate finally passes unemployment benefits extension
July 21, 2010
With a GOP filibuster safely broken, the Senate is poised to pass legislation restoring jobless benefits for millions of people unable to find work in
Dems will try again on unemployment benefits
July 20, 2010
Millions of people stuck on the jobless rolls would receive an extension of unemployment benefits averaging $309 a week under a Senate bill that appears
Obama plays the blame game
July 17, 2010
President Barack Obama is taking aim at Senate Republicans, accusing them of playing politics with measures that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase
Brown, Snowe back financial reform bill
July 13, 2010
Sens. Olympia Snowe and Scott Brown pushed sweeping financial legislation to the edge of final passage Monday, both announcing they intend to support the regulatory
Saying goodbye to Bob Byrd
July 3, 2010
Craning their necks and clapping to Appalachian music, West Virginians bid farewell Friday to Robert C. Byrd, their beloved senator who rose from childhood poverty
Financial reform passes House but Senate delays action
July 1, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a landmark overhaul of financial regulations but the Senate put off action until mid-July, delaying a final
Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92
June 28, 2010
Robert Byrd, 92, the longest serving Senator in American history, died this morning in a Washington area hospital. The West Virginia lawmaker was admitted last
Senators: Leave our pork alone
March 13, 2010
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to