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Government job cuts hurt wealthy, middle class and poor
Kate Davidson Jan 18, 2013
Wealthy, poor and in-between residents tell us how shrinking government would affect their personal finances
D.C. economy likely to see smaller inaugural bump
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jan 17, 2013
Obama's second inaugural is not expected to be the same windfall as the first.
Delay of federal Sandy relief package to squeeze state budgets
Dan Bobkoff Jan 3, 2013
A $60 billion Sandy relief package passed the Senate in December, but House leadership reneged on its pledge to pass the bill before the end of the session.
U.S. still awaits a final fiscal cliff deal
Jeff Horwich Jan 1, 2013
The Senate deal permanently raises income taxes for individuals making more than $400,000 a year. It delays -- for just two months -- most of those automatic spending cuts that were set to kick in. And it includes a number of other provisions to stave off the most pressing aspects of the fiscal cliff.
Would 'earmarks' have helped fiscal cliff talks?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Dec 31, 2012
'Bridges to Nowhere' and other pork-barrel spending used to be the grease for deal-making in Congress.
Marketplace's Guide to the Fiscal Cliff
Ethan Lindsey Dec 31, 2012
Check out Marketplace’s explainers and decoders of the fiscal cliff. Find out what exactly could happen to your personal budget -- and learn how we got to this point.
Time for Plan C? Fiscal cliff solution stalls
Jeremy Hobson Dec 21, 2012
It was called "Plan B" -- a way to avoid some of the tax increases that are part of the fiscal cliff without putting together a
broad bipartisan deal before the New Year.
Flow of political money may continue in Massachusetts
Curt Nickisch Dec 17, 2012
With U.S. Sen. John Kerry on the short list to become Secretary of State, Massachusetts could be in line for its third U.S. Senate election in just more than two years. It's meant big bucks spent in advertising.
Life after congress: Political headhunters
Kai Ryssdal Dec 12, 2012
Not all lawmakers at the end of their term are ready for retirement. An executive recruiter talks about how these "former electeds" make their way into the private sector.
Corporate tax reform could help avoid fiscal cliff
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Dec 12, 2012
President Obama and House speaker John Boehner are still tussling over the details of any fiscal cliff deal. But the Wall Street Journal reports that, now corporate tax rates have entered the discussion.
