New Jersey battles over tax on millionaires New Jersey politicians are due to battle on Monday over whether to slap a tax on millionaires or cut services for low-income senior citizens

After Stressing His ‘Respect’ For Gay People, Huckabee Jokes That He’s Repulsed By Them

High School Student Stumps AZ GOP Superintendent Candidate With Substantive Questions About Education

Rand Paul To Unemployed: Take A Pay Cut, Stop Asking For Handouts, And Get Back To Work

After Saying ‘I Would Fight All Of The Stimulus Money,’ Rick Scott Profits Off The Stimulus

Schwarzenegger bans welfare cards at casinos Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued an executive order barring California welfare recipients from using state-issued debit cards at casino ATMs.

Tea Partiers assail Rand Paul for taking D.C. money Last year, with Kentucky's Republican primary election still months away, Paul pledged not to accept contributions from any senator who voted for a federal bailout of the banking industry. Then he won the primary, and on June 24 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hosted a $1,000 a plate fundraiser in D.C. Paul's supporters are livid. » read more

King Touts Project Funded By The Stimulus Package That He Opposed  “Today we celebrate a major milestone in the effort to complete a four-lane U.S. Highway 20 from Sioux City all the way to Dubuque and on to Chicago,” said King. “I supported this project before I was elected to the Iowa Senate and made it my number one transportation priority as a Member of Congress. In working with our state’s senators and House delegation, the Four-Lane Highway 20 Association, and local communities, I have networked the effort to secure millions in federal funds to help bring this project to western Iowa. I will continue to do all I can to keep it moving until the day we cut the ribbon on the final mile of four-lane Highway 20.”

Rand Paul Says He Opposes Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Because It Would Penalize The Poor And Elderly

VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water

Calculation mistakes lead Aetna to withdraw rate-hike plans

8-year-old burn victim denied medical procedure by FDA

Did VA hospital infect 1,800 with HIV? 1,812 vets notified they're at risk of Hep B, Hep C, HIV from dental work.

Stimulus

After Balancing His Budget With The Stimulus, Perry Again Says He’ll Reject Federal Funding

U.S. Labor Secretary announces $40 Million in retraining grants for Michigan

SEC said to end probe of AIG and executives

Fannie Mae to Penalize Homeowners Who Walk Away
Government-sponsored mortgage purchaser Fannie Mae says it is trying to encourage distressed homeowners to find alternatives to foreclosure by banning those who walk away from getting new loans for seven years.

Interest Rates Fall as Fed Holds Rates Steady
Interest rates fell in the bond market Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it will hold rates at a record low. The Fed also suggested Europe’s debt crisis poses risks to the U.S. economy.

SEC Uncovers $34M Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Government Employees

Senate Accepts Expanded Fed Audit

Republicans kill Senate jobless aid measure

GAO Study Finds Improper Burrowing During Bush Years

Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cuts

Congressman asks Attorney General to explain why US slapped power company with $12 million fine for $100 million fraud

Light cigarettes now officially banned

Cigarette Tax Hike Approved

Democrats May Cut $19 Billion Bank Fee From Bill

Starbucksgate: Obama's Lobbyist/Email Scandal On Friday, the New York Times reported that Obama administration officials use their personal email accounts and hold "off-campus" coffee shop meetings with lobbyists in an apparent attempt to skirt disclosure rules.

Borrowers exit troubled Obama mortgage program

Obama to agencies: Don't pay dead people

Tillman mother sought to warn Obama of McChrystal McChrystal has been accused of involvement in covering up of the fact that Tillman had been shot by his own comrades, having approved a citation for a posthumous medal that attributed his death to "enemy fire," though the general also penned a memo warning the White House against describing the circumstance of Tillman's death for fear of future embarrassment.

Auto Dealers Beat Obama, Win Exemption From Consumer Protection Agency

Obama officials still approving flawed Gulf drilling plans

Kagan sought secrecy in 4 of 5 open gov't cases Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's arguments as solicitor general in several cases on government secrecy were at odds with a promise of transparency made by her boss

Obama Decried, Used Bush Drilling PoliciesObama criticized the Bush administration for being too soft on the oil industry, but he has ended up backing offshore drilling, bowing to political and fiscal realties.

Guantanamo plea deal could send bin Laden's cook home Ibrahim al Qosi has been a prisoner at Guantanamo since 2002. Now negotiations are under way that would allow him to plead guilty and be sent home to Sudan rather than face a possible life sentence for allegedly serving on a Taliban mortar crew. » read more