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Health reform: Where the money will come from
March 19, 2010Democrats pushing for health care reform are closer to the finish line than ever, but it's not over yet. And the question of cost will remain a central issue in coming days.
Student loan reform shares health care fate
March 19, 2010When the House votes on a health care package this weekend, it will also consider a proposal to make federal government the one-stop-shop to get cheap student loans.
Greenspan offers a mixed mea culpa
March 19, 2010Alan Greenspan acknowledged Thursday that U.S. regulators had failed to grasp the magnitude of the financial crisis, but the former Federal Reserve chairman argued that low interest rates were not to blame.
One jobs bill down ... what happens next?
March 19, 2010Now that it's taken its first baby step towards creating jobs, Congress is looking at more measures to spur employment.
Health care bill to cost $940 billion
March 19, 2010The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Democrats' revised health care bill will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, a House Democratic source told CNN Thursday.
Unemployment claims fall
March 19, 2010The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Thursday.
Can Dodd wake the watchdogs?
March 19, 2010The latest financial regulatory reform proposal leaves many chefs in the kitchen. But will anyone actually mind the stove?
Price tag of TARP bailout: $109 billion
March 19, 2010The government's unprecedented $700 billion economic bailout will actually cost taxpayers just 16% of that total, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Wednesday.
Inflation up at 2.1% annual rate
March 19, 2010Consumer prices in February rose from a year ago amid higher energy costs, but the pace of price increases slowed for the second straight month, the government reported Thursday.
Tax breaks for hiring the unemployed
March 19, 2010A scaled-down, $15 billion jobs bill approved by Congress this week features a handful of benefits for business owners, but falls short of the sweeping hiring incentives President Obama and others on Capitol Hill initially pushed for.
