WASHINGTON - MARCH 11: U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) speaks during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee March 11, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the proposed Comcast-NBC merger. (Photo by Alex ...
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sen. Claire McCaskill D-Mo., right, greets supporters at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, March 10, 2010, prior to speaking about health care reform and attend fundraising events for McCaskill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Copyright ...
<div><p>Two Democratic Senators have introduced legislation that they say would rein in the most abusive practices of the credit card industry by limiting interest rate hikes and curbing punitive fees that can prevent consumers from ever paying off their debt.</p><p>The "Stop Unfair ...
<div><p><em class="bold">The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday July 27 2008</em></p><p> In the article below we said that Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984, was 'the only woman so far to appear on a presidential ticket ...
<div id="subtitle">Never too early to teach kids to live within their means</div><div><p>Did you ever wonder why it was so easy for your college-age child to get a credit card, even though they have no source of income? Well, in the eyes of ...
<div><p>The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives -- or their aides -- are tapping out dozens of the micro messages a day on cellphones and computers from offices, ...
<div id="subtitle">After 100 days as Minnesota's only senator, Klobuchar embraces all the extra work with humor</div><div><p>Amy Klobuchar's savvy sense of humor has done more than win legislative victories during her two years in the Senate. It's also put some gloss on what ...
<div id="subtitle">Top Obama official says president doesn't want charges for those behind interrogation policy</div><div><p>President Barack Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House chief of staff ...
<div id="subtitle">Measure is stronger than White House salary cap plan</div><div><p> Executive compensation experts with the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) are applauding a new Senate bill that would crack down on bailout profiteering. </p><p>The legislation from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) would ...
<div id="subtitle">Autoworker chief pleads for government aid as Detroit's Big 3 prepare plans for Congress</div><div><p>The head of the United Auto Workers made a public plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as the Big Three put the final touches on stabilization ...
