Two Republican Bay area members of the U.S. House have said they would support giving up their annual, automatic, $4,700 pay raise this year because of the country's struggling economy. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa said today she probably would support a vote to take back the pay raise, which went into effect Thursday. ...more

January 5, 2009

Congressional Democrats said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama probably will have to wait until next month before getting the chance to sign an economic aid bill his team once hoped would be on his desk by his swearing-in Jan. 20. ...more

January 5, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama shouldn't expect Congress to have an economic recovery plan waiting for him when he takes office on Jan. 20. ...more

January 4, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details. ...more

January 4, 2009

Highlands County plans to request $29.7 million from President Obama's economic stimulus package. ...more

January 4, 2009

It's going to be another cold winter in many parts of the country. Staying warm will likely come at a high cost, with heating bills expected to jump by as much as 25 percent. Those bills may become even steeper during the next few years, if Congress pursues any of the counterproductive energy solutions that lawmakers and candidates have recently touted in their campaigns. ...more

January 4, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama and his family returned to Chicago on Friday after a 12-day holiday vacation in Hawaii. ...more

January 3, 2009

I saw the cartoon in this morning's paper regarding all the persons and institutions who have been regularly denigrating President Bush the past eight years: Dan Rather the disgraced CBS anchor who couldn't take the heat of criticism; Nancy Pelosi, the mistress of vacuous statements and for us, unfortunately, the Speaker of the House; Harry Reid, the double dealing Senate Majority Leader; The New York Times, one of the most un-American newspapers in the country; MSNBC representing the left-biased television media and of course, Hollywood, the land of make-believe and immorality. ...more

January 1, 2009

If former Gov. Jeb Bush decides to run for U.S. Senate, he could find himself facing an old foe. ...more

December 30, 2008

Obama promotes a recovery plan that would feature spending on roads and infrastructure, schools, and green technology. ...more

December 18, 2008