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• Congress may propose a second stimulus plan
WASHINGTON - After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax ...
• Unions stand to gain from proposed legislation
Ann Andersen, a registered nurse in the emergency department of Naples Community Hospital in Florida, wanted a union so nurses at the facility could have more say about patient care. She figured the nurses there were on their way to forming one after ...
• Writers pick up pens to protest detentions
LONDON - Dozens of renowned British writers came out against new anti-terrorism legislation Sunday, publishing a collection of satire, essays, fiction and poetry to protest a proposal allowing police to hold suspects without charge for up to 42 days ...
• Canada's leader gambles for majority gov't
... Harper's Conservatives did not win an outright majority in the 308-seat Parliament in the 2006 election. As a minority government in the previous Parliament, the Conservatives had to rely on the opposition to pass budgets and legislation.
• Man accused of tucking 6 lobsters into his pants
AFSA's goal was to ward off conflicts between federal, state, and local rules, says spokesman Bill Himpler. "Different municipalities moving different anti-predatory lending legislation ... would have brought the credit markets to a screeching halt