(9/6/2010) The proposal, to allow businesses to write off 100 percent of new investment in plant and equipment, tops a raft of announcements, from a proposed expansion of the research and experimentation tax credit to $50 billion in additional spending on roads, railways and runways  

(9/6/2010) The biggest battle of all will be over what to do about the Bush tax cuts, most of which expire at the end of the year  

(9/6/2010) A Florida church's plan to burn Korans on Sept. 11 isn't doing the troops in Afghanistan any favors, Gen. David Petraeus said Monday.  

(9/6/2010) Sean Duffy was supposed to be the 2010 Republican sacrificial lamb running against one of the U.S. House's longest-serving liberal lions, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis.  

(9/6/2010) In a speech that was part Democrat campaign push, part policy prescription, President Obama on Monday proposed a $50 billion investment in long-term infrastructure projects that he claimed will stimulate the flailing economy, create jobs and refill the exhausted highway trust fund.  

(9/6/2010) The family of late Sen. Robert Byrd doesn't want the GOP nominee for his seat using footage from the funeral, where Gov. Joe Manchin, now the Democratic Senate nominee, and President Obama were seen together.  

(9/6/2010) Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is defending President Barack Obama's efforts to combat the recession and unemployment, saying his focus has been on helping the jobless and underemployed.  

(9/6/2010) Appealing to a union crowd on Labor Day, President Obama on Monday is calling for a $50 billion investment in long-term infrastructure projects that the administration claims will stimulate the flailing economy, create jobs and refill the exhausted highway trust fund.  

(9/6/2010) No matter the blend of candidates that Republicans end up with, a persistently weak economy and voter anger add up to enough competitive races to give them at least an outside chance of winning Senate control.   

(9/5/2010) Rubio's campaign announced Saturday night that Mario Rubio died at Baptist Hospital in Miami after suffering from emphysema and lung cancer  

(9/5/2010) City leaders are eyeing fees on wholesalers and distributors to cover public health costs of drinking too much, as the alcohol and hospitality industries argue it would hurt business and kill jobs  

(9/5/2010) While President Obama vacationed in Martha's Vineyard, the Oval Office got a makeover, but one quote on the new carpet is wrongly attributed.  

(9/5/2010) President Obama plans to hit the road this week to promote new proposals to revamp an economic agenda including a permanent tax credit for research and development worth about $100 million.  

(9/5/2010) The president will outline his proposal to spur the economy during a speech on the economy on Wednesday.  

(9/5/2010) The Republican candidate's father had been suffering for a long time from emphysema and lung cancer.  

(9/5/2010) Some measures on illegal immigration to the United States have improved, but the Obama administration is ignoring violence spilling into the U.S. from Mexico, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday.  

(9/5/2010) Despite the stark contrasts between established party leaders and political novice outsiders, both parties are trying to create messages for campaigns that work in each district up for grabs.  

(9/5/2010) Democrats aren't the only incumbents in trouble this November. With a crop of feisty, fresh-faced conservatives making noise in the House and a wave of Tea Party-backed newcomers determined to join them, senior Republicans could have a mutiny on their hands.   

(9/4/2010) The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage balances for homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth.  

(9/4/2010) A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.