by John Burfisher | Apr 16, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The Republican point man on the budget, Paul Ryan, grilled Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Tuesday about the administration’s proposed spending plan, saying the White House budget would lead to higher taxes on middle-income taxpayers. Appearing...
by John Burfisher | Apr 15, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, appearing at a House committee on Thursday, took the brunt of bipartisan anger over the way the government measures inflation in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2014. Lew was on Capitol...
by John Burfisher | Apr 8, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Several thousand people gathered in Washington Monday to push Congress to restore more than $2 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health, warning that without the money, advances in areas such as breast cancer research may be lost. “Funding...
