GOP bill tightens rules for bankrupt
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Republicans in Congress want to significantly tighten regulations to keep people who declare bankruptcy from ducking debts they should be able to settle, but Democrats and physicians' groups argue the move would penalize Americans who go broke because of huge medical bills they can't pay.
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In this era of hypersensitivity and bitter partisanship, the move by House Republicans to change a rule requiring leaders to step down if they are indicted of a felony punishable by a sentence of at least two years in prison makes sense.
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The Senate voted to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refinance into federally insured loans
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Business interests, seizing on concerns that a law passed in the wake of the Enron scandal has overreached, are advancing a broad agenda to limit government oversight of private industry, including making it tougher for investors to sue companies and auditors for fraud.
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The top Republican on the U.S. House  Financial Services Committee on Thursday introduced legislation  that would create a national registry and set new standards for  mortgage originators in response to the subprime mortgage  crisis.
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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday  passed a stop-gap bill to keep the government running into  November avoiding some tough election-year votes as Republican  admitted they could not finish their budget work.
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Republican Party leaders on Monday recommended punishing five states for shifting their nomination contests earlier
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Two pieces of legislation are intended to protect private wealth and create a more coherent tax code.
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U.S. bankruptcy filings have fallen to a 10-year low after a tough new federal law made it more difficult for Americans to seek protection from creditors.
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Employers who fail to pay their workers or neglect to pay them in a timely manner would be hit with triple damages under a bill passed by the Legislature this week and sent to Governor Mitt Romney, who must decide by Thursday whether to sign it into law.
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The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure
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Move by GOP to rescind a rule allowing indicted leaders to retain their posts adds to majority leader's vulnerability.
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A group of Republican senators vowed on Thursday to use the closing days of Congress this year to try and stop accounting rulemakers from requiring the expensing of stock options.
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A measure that would give Republicans two more votes on the Executive Appropriations Committee passed 46-20 off of the House floor on Friday.  HJR9 would allow the two vice-chairs of the committee to vote on budget decisions.
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By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - Congress early Saturday approved a bill to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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Â· Disastrous week after loss of aides and cash crisis  Â· Republican to focus on three key primary states
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The House of Representatives  approved a bill on Friday to overhaul the creaking private  pension system and prevent more spectacular airline pension  defaults, and sent the measure to the Senate for possible  action next week.