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Four times in five years, lawmakers have introduced the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act to bar senators and representatives from investing based on knowledge they gained in the course of their duties. Three times, the STOCK Act has died in committee. Will the fourth time be the charm?

Political tides can turn quickly and violently, as President Obama found out this week. Fresh off of successful negotiations with Republican leadership on Monday over the tax-cut extension package, Obama received a sharp rebuke from his own party who voted today to reject the proposal. House...

President Barack Obama, who has disagreed with Republican Congress members on whether to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans beyond this year, said Tuesday that he will work with U.S. senators on finding some sort of tax-policy agreement by the end of the year.

House Democrats may help overrule President Barack Obama by voting to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts on investment income beyond this year, the Associated Press reported.

By an almost entirely party-line vote of 247 to 161, the House on Tuesday passed a $26 billion bill that Democrats say will save the jobs of more than 300,000 teachers, municipal workers and first responders such as police officers and firefighters. President Obama quickly signed the legislation into law.

President Obama urged lawmakers to pass a $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats say would save the jobs of 160,000 teachers across the country, as well as 150,000 first-responders, including police officers and firefighters. Republicans blasted the plan as a hand-out to unions.

The well known women at wowOwow.com are stopping by WalletPop on a frequent basis to answer your spending and personal finance questions. This week we asked them: Step into Nancy Pelosi's shoes for a moment: What should be done about Charles Rangel (D-NY)? What do you think will be done? Whoopi...

Amid all the Financial Crisis anniversary coverage, many of us will be trying to recall what we were doing this time last year on the week the world broke. I remember exactly what I was doing. I was talking my wife into booking a vacation to California. When we'd first come up with the idea, the...