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According to a letter released by a top Democrat Tuesday, Representative. Elijah Cummings on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform committee, officials at Fannie Mae concluded that a key housing initiative being rejected by the government-seized housing giant’s regulator would save taxpayer’s money. Cummings provided a summary of internal Fannie Mae documents he obtained asserting…

Defying a White House veto threat, on Friday the House of Representatives passed a Republican bill to keep interest rates on federal loans to college students from doubling on July 1.

Under rules set in the Affordable Care Act that Congress passed and President Obama signed in 2010, individuals and employers will begin receiving a total of $1.3 billion in rebates by August 1, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan research group. A provision in the federal health-reform law stands to return big bucks to customers whose health plans have exceeded the limits of a formula meant to ensure that most premium dollars go to pay for medical care…

Do Not Cage Hens



A step beyond fast food competitors' efforts to push for better treatment of food-producing animals, Burger King Corp. (BKC) pledged Wednesday to begin buying eggs only from farms that do not cage their hens. Burger Kings announcement is the first time a major chain has made a commitment to phase out all egg-buying from caged hens, said Matthew Prescott, a spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States. Burger King additionally announced it will…