Senate Approves College Student Loan Plan Tying Rates to Markets
The plan would tie interest rates for student loans to the financial markets and brings Congress close to resolving a dispute that caused rates to double in July.
View ArticleSign of Hope Seen in House for Immigration Overhaul
As House Republicans raised the possibility of citizenship for young immigrants, advocates wondered if that was as far as those lawmakers were willing to go.
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New Support for Military in Sex Cases
Senator Carl Levin, countering Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s proposal, argues that allowing military commanders to retain their authority over sexual assault cases will protect victims.
View ArticleNational Briefing | Washington: Bill to End Saturday Mail Delivery Is Sent to...
A House committee advanced a bill to help the struggling Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, cut costs.
View ArticleNational Briefing | South: North Carolina: Abortion Curbs Await Governor’s...
Groups supporting abortion rights are trying to pressure Gov. Pat McCrory to veto the measure citing his campaign vow not to sign any new abortion restrictions into law.
View ArticleSpy Agencies Under Heaviest Scrutiny Since Abuse Scandal of the ’70s
With alarm over the threat of terrorism in slow decline, both political parties appear to be no longer willing to give national security automatic priority over privacy and civil liberties.
View ArticleNumber of Catfish Inspectors Drives a Debate on Spending
The inspection of catfish is at the heart of a dispute as the House and Senate prepare to work out their differences on a new five-year farm bill.
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Obama Intends to Let Health Care Law Prove Critics Wrong by Succeeding
The law will become vastly more popular once “all the nightmare scenarios” from adversaries prove wrong, the president said in an interview last week.
View ArticleHouse Plan on Food Stamps Would Cut 5 Million From Program
A new report finds that a proposal would increase poverty and illness, resulting in billions of dollars in federal and state health care costs.
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House Weighs Iran Measure Amid Doubts on Timing
Legislation to impose the sanctions, up for a vote in the House on Wednesday, could coerce Iran’s customers to find other oil suppliers.
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