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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is going to have a little extra help closing its Medicare funding gap this year.
House Democrats say President Barack Obama should consider invoking a little-known constitutional provision that they say gives him the power to raise the debt ceiling without going through Congress, where Republicans are demanding that a debt ceiling vote be linked to spending cuts.
Democratic lawmakers are urging President Obama to force Republicans to take him to court over the controversial issue of raising the debt ceiling.
As the board of the American International Group weighs whether to join a shareholder lawsuit against the United States government, several lawmakers have a simple message for the bailed-out insurer.
Three House Democrats on Tuesday warned insurance giant AIG against suing the federal government over the terms of the federal bailout of the company in 2008.