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Real estate agent group spent $3.9M lobbying in 2Q

spent in the first quarter of 2010. The group also lobbied on issues including bankruptcy, lead paint, health insurance, regulation of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie and flood insurance, according to a July 20 filing with the House clerk’s

Huge losses put federal flood insurance plan in the red

and vowed to continue insuring the house. Forever. The home’s value is $69,900. Yet the total insurance payments are nearly 10 times that: $663,000. MAP: Counties with frequent flood damage PHOTOS, VIDEOS: Katrina’s effects 5 years later MISSISSIPPI:

House Panel Investigates Military Death Benefits

A House panel has launched an investigation into claims that insurance companies are taking advantage of the families of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with the way they handle death benefits. The House Oversight and Government Reform

Congressional Panel Investigates Veterans Insurance

Representative Edolphus Towns, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said his panel will investigate the insurance benefits for U.S. soldiers provided by Prudential Financial Inc. and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Jump-Starting Health Reform

can responsible policymakers in the White House and in state capitols move forward to expand access to health insurance and reduce health care costs, goals that both parties share? The answer is simple: health insurance exchanges, which have long had

Obama signs extension of unemployment benefits

battle. The House passed the measure earlier Thursday, a day after the Senate did. The law extends unemployment insurance through November for out-of-work Americans who have not yet exhausted up to 99 weeks of aid. Benefits would be retroactive to late

Obama signs legislation to extend jobless benefits for…

5 million unemployed Americans, hours after the House of Representatives approved the legislation. The measure would extend unemployment insurance through November for out-of-work Americans who have not yet exhausted up to 99 weeks of aid. Benefits would

House approves extending unemployement benefits

the Senate approved after overcoming a Republican filibuster. The House vote was 272-152. The measure would extend unemployment insurance through November for out-of-work Americans who have not yet exhausted up to 99 weeks of aid. Benefits would be

House passes unemployment insurance benefits extension

Washington (CNN) – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday pushing back the deadline to file for extended unemployment benefits to the end of November. The $34 billion measure, which cleared the Senate Wednesday, now moves to President

Employers on strike

large productivity gains as they add skills. The “jobs” bill that the House passed last week expands jobless insurance to 99 weeks, while raising taxes by $80 billion on small employers and U.S-based corporations. On January 1, Congress is set to