BIDEN TALKS CONTINUE. Deficit-reduction negotiations led by Vice President Joe Biden resume Tuesday afternoon and are expected to focus on an estimated $150 billion in potential cuts that both parties see as areas of potential agreement, according to S…
One Supreme Court justice has been playing a prominent role in the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, and he died 17 years ago: her mentor, Thurgood Marshall.
Slogging through a second day of work on legislation intended to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, the Senate Finance Committee wrestled Wednesday with politically volatile proposals to squeeze money out of Medicare.