Sen. Mel Martinez expressed support for more bailout money for General Motors and Chrysler, saying the federal government cannot allow the U.S. auto industry to fail. ...more

March 31, 2009

President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, rejecting turnaround plans from General Motors and Chrysler and raising the prospect of controlled bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant. ...more

March 30, 2009

Sen. Mel Martinez expressed support for more bailout funds for General Motors and Chrysler, saying the federal government "cannot allow" the U.S. auto industry to fail. ...more

March 30, 2009

"Hellooo" can anyone up there on Capitol Hill hear me? Probably not with all that bickering going on. You are like a bunch of school kids on the playground, "He did it," "No he did it," "No he did it first." I want to yell "Stop it!" just like I did to my kids. Stop the blame game and get back to work. ...more

March 29, 2009

It's an epic battle as battles go. A small, scrappy barrier island caught in the crossfire between a Goliath state budget and perilous deficits that threaten to topple the kingdom. ...more

March 28, 2009

Dame Edna Everage says she's bringing her own stimulus package to town. "I am bringing laughs with a capitol 'L' to all my little possums in this time of need," she noted in a telephone interview. "In these hard economic times, if we can't laugh, what can we do?" ...more

March 26, 2009

In a springtime show of unity, congressional Democrats welcomed President Barack Obama to the Capitol Wednesday and unveiled budget blueprints that embrace his key priorities and point the way for major legislation this year on health care, energy and education. ...more

March 25, 2009

Andrew Nappi of Hudson says he hopes U.S. Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite was merely tailoring her response to her young audience when she told Hudson High School students she hopes President Barack Obama succeeds. ...more

March 25, 2009

A $14 trillion economy hangs by a thread composed of (a) a comically cynical, pitchfork-wielding Congress, (b) a hopelessly understaffed, stumbling Obama administration and (c) $165 million. ...more

March 24, 2009

AIG employees have agreed to return about $50 million of the $165 million in bonuses. ...more

March 23, 2009