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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he “probably” won’t support legislation to let states require out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes, saying it would be too cumbersome to implement.
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The Pentagon may have recovered more than a third of the $757 million in overpayments it says went to Supreme Foodservice, a contractor in Afghanistan, yet several U.S. lawmakers say that’s too little, too late.
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Legislation introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives would repeal requirements for ethanol use, possibly rekindling the debate over the biofuel’s place in the nation’s energy plans.
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President Barack Obama told House Democrats this week that it’s better to make changes to entitlement programs when a Democrat is in office rather than risk doing so under a Republican chief executive, according to two lawmakers who attended.
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The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. employee who criticized the company’s culture in a newspaper column is a wise person “who told it like it is,” according to U.S. Representative Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat.
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The U.S. Justice Department is conducting an antitrust review of statements and actions by banks and their trade associations about imposing fees on customers who use debit cards.
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U.S. Representative Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, talks about his request to release oil from the strategic reserves last month. Peter Cook reports on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Some secret donors who gave money to groups that paid for millions of dollars in attack ads during the 2010 midterm elections are becoming public.
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Congress is at an impasse over a federal spending bill amid a partisan dispute on funding for disaster assistance, escalating a fight that threatens a shutdown of government operations by month’s end.
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American International Group Inc. said it has a duty to weigh joining a suit by former Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg that claims the insurer’s 2008 U.S. bailout was unconstitutional.
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