Put out foreclosure fire

It's vital to protect families and neighborhoods from foreclosures, says U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan. &n...

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What Would Clint Eastwood Do?

The Barack Obama budget document just released is not a budget. It is a work of literature. It is Barack Obama's published apologia for a second presi...

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Obama budget goes big on highway spending

The White House began rolling out its election-year budget Friday evening, even as top Senate and House negotiators mounted a new push to get some res...

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U.S. Shale Gas Exports Face Hurdles, Former Exxon CEO Says

Political constraints and concern production gains at shale fields aren’t sustainable will hinder the development of liquefied natural gas expor...

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Keystone Pipeline fate in U.S. in limbo but construction moves forward in Canada

On an unusually warm February morning -- at least by the rugged standards of rural northern Alberta-- a dozen construction workers were bundled up wel...

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GOP highway spending bill 'the worst,' Ray LaHood says

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the House GOP’s highway spending plan is “the worst transportation bill” he’...

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John Boehner bets big on road bill vote

Speaker John Boehner owns the highway bill — and he’ll be on the hook if it turns into a 435-car pileup. It was the Ohio Re...

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Mortgage deal could bring billions in relief

In the largest deal to date aimed at addressing the housing meltdown, federal and state officials on Thursday announced a $26 billion foreclosure sett...

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Keystone and the Unions

President Barack Obama placated one wing of his liberal base, environmentalists, with his decision to kill the Keystone Pipeline, but he's angered ano...

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Obama's construction efforts have eye out for decaying N.Y. bridge

Before proposing in his State of the Union speech to speed up construction projects, President Barack Obama designated replacement of New York's Tappa...

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