A Congressional Budget Office report will show the bill reducing the federal deficit significantly, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul they said would cut the U.S. deficit over the next two decades and dramatically expand insurance coverage.
MANISTEE, Mich./WACO, Texas/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Tea Partiers say they can pinpoint the precise moment when they made it clear to the Republican Party they had no intention of being its lapdog.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, while consumer prices were unchanged in February on lower energy prices.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California Highway Patrol report released on Wednesday in a sensational "runaway" Toyota Prius incident appears to support the version of events given by the driver, which the automaker has called into question.
By Nopporn Wong-Anan SINGAPORE, March 18 (Reuters Life) - The world's fourth Universal Studios welcomed its first visitors on Thursday with a lavish ceremony aimed at attracting luck, and repeat business, to the Singapore theme park which hopes to avoid the fate of loss-making Hong Kong Disneyland.
BRUSSELS (Reuters Life!) - European judges have ruled that a sex shop with movie cubicles does not qualify for a reduced rate of sales tax because it is not a cinema.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When "The Apprentice" returns to U.S. television for a new season, the focus will be more on "You're hired!" than "You're fired!"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Thursday, though the S&P and Nasdaq turned lower after data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve showed new orders in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region decelerated in March.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, while consumer prices were unchanged in February on lower energy prices.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators may extend a guarantee program set up at the peak of the financial crisis, fearing that ending the program could spark liquidity failures at small banks.
