Editorial the Price of Politics Regular Bill, $19.7 Million Price Tag
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HERE'S a tale that illustrates the role of money in state politics like few others. It's the story of Assembly Bill 2987, fairly noncontroversial legislation passed last week that allows telephone companies to get into the cable television business through bundling services.
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Like any prize, the value is counted as income; winners must pay up to $7,000 or forfeit the car. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Leave it to Uncle Sam to spoil the party.
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By Reid J. Epstein And Rick Brand, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 6--Sen.
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Whichever party wins the next general election will have to cut spending or raise taxes by Â£7bn if it is not to break Gordon Brown&#39;s &quot;golden rule&quot;.
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Piotr Staniaszek normally pays $147 a month for his cell phone. So he was more than a little surprised to learn his November bill had ballooned to $59,000.
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Bill that would speed rebates of $600 to most taxpayers heads to Senate with bipartisan appeal to senators not to jeopardize bill with changes.
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A PROMISE of free hospital care for Australians 75 and over is the cornerstone of Mark Latham&#39;s $3.7 billion bid for the hearts and minds of older voters - and the keys to The Lodge.
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THE US federal deficit will swell to a record $US422 billion ($608 billion) this election year but fall short of even more dire forecasts, Congress&#39; top budget analysts projected
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In challenge to deal reached last week by Bush and House, the Senate will offer $500 per citizen.
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The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics yesterday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.28 percent, up from 2.23 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.560 percent, unchanged from last week's auction.
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This week's votes on a children's health program go to a key issue in next year's elections: How much should the government spend to insure families with modest but not poverty-level incomes?
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Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday&#39;s auction to the highest levels in more than three years. The Treasury Department auctioned $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.075 percent.
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The measure, which would raise the wage rate for the nationâs lowest paid workers to $7.25 an hour from $5.15, was attached to the Iraq spending bill.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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Money follows power. That simple axiom helps explain why incumbent members of Congress, on average, raise so much more campaign cash than the candidates who want to supplant them.
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Democratic leaders have been forced to scuttle the 1.7 percent pay hike for the entire year