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Why US Export-Import Bank backers are lobbying furiously

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 30, 2016
The bank is hobbled in making big foreign deals. Critics call the loans 'corporate welfare.'
Banks are lobbying congress over the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government agency that makes loans to foreigners.
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Washington, D.C.'s 'cannapeneurs'

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 3, 2016
In the District, marijuana businesses have to carefully manage conflicting laws.
A vendor of hydroponic growing equipment carries a marijuana plant to his vending stall during the first annual National Cannabis Festival on April 23 in Washington, D.C. 
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Fighting over Zika funding continues in Congress

by Gigi Douban
Jun 3, 2016
Congress has to decide how much to spend and on what.
A Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector looks at mosquito larva in a sample taken from a pool of standing water before using a pesticide. The county has been proactive in fighting the Zika virus.
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Get ready for a summer of travel delays

by Sally Herships
May 24, 2016
Long security lines at airports anger passengers and airlines, and there's no relief in sight.
Passengers at O'Hare International Airport wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint on May 16 in Chicago, Illinois. The long lines have been blamed for flight delays and a large number of passengers missing flights completely.
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Stranded — Puerto Rico in debt

Would a Puerto Rico default hurt all municipal bonds?

by Andy Uhler
Apr 26, 2016
Puerto Rico is threatening to default on the most highly secured type of bond, the general obligation bond
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Pitching the TPP amid skepticism about trade

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 25, 2016
Shadowing U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman for a day as he hit the road to pitch the TPP.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (left) discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Margaret Spring of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA 20th District).
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Fighting down to the last $30 billion

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 14, 2016
Some in Congress want to revisit last year's budget deal.
Members of Congress are at odds about how to spend $30 billion of the budget. 
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Senate strikes a Flint deal

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 26, 2016
Senate negotiators want to direct $250 million to Flint and other communities.
A sign on a the front of a building warns residents to filter their water in Flint, Michigan.
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CBO predicts deficits about to get a lot worse

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 25, 2016
The Congressional Budget Office says this is the first such increase since 2009.
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Congress turns its attention to high drug prices

by Dan Gorenstein
Jan 21, 2016
This may actually lower drug costs.
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