Senators propose cutting greenhouse gas emissions 17% by 2020

EU nations commit $3.6 billion to climate fund

Pelosi backs widening Medicare in Senate plan

Bailout for Main Street instead of Wall Street?

Education Pork: Congress Funding Classrooms (and Apartment Complexes) to Nowhere

The Cost of Our National Debt in Pictures

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Congress Stuffs Its Own Stocking

The Latest Senate Debate on Drug Reimportation: The Outcome Could Kill You

Video: Barney Frank’s Permanent TARP

Copenfrauden: The Scandals Behind Global Warming

Inhofe Calls for Independent Investigation of IPCC

New Senate Health Bill: Exacerbating Federal Fiscal Insanity

Senator Lieberman’s Honest Quote on Cap and Trade

Morning Bell: Speaker Pelosi’s Spendapalooza

House passes new financial industry power grab with CBC payoffs

Scrooge pay czar tightens screws on midlevel employees

$6 billion payoff: Barney Frank gives in to Congressional Black Caucus shakedown crew

Soros scheming at Copenhagen: Eco-redistribution of wealth

Barack Obama: Climate Change Is a National Security Issue

Classy Dems Compare Climate Change Deniers to “Teabaggers”

Fed Workers Enjoy Boom Time– Average Pay Now at $71K Compared to $40K in Private Sector

UN Security Stops Journalist’s Questions About ClimateGate

Huge doubts over numbers being used in Copenhagen

DEMS TO LIFT DEBT CEILING BY $1.8 TRILLION!

U.S. To Pay $3.4 Billion to Settle Native American Suit

ON THE BRINK: Healthcare reform draws nearer

Loophole would allow coverage limits

Sarkozy, Brown: Banks Should Pay for Climate Change

U.N. Wants $60B to Monitor Climate

House Passes Wall Street Regulatory Overhaul

GOP Tries to Put Freeze on Debt Limit

Pay Czar Caps Salaries for Bailout Execs to $500G

Nation’s Health Care Tab to Grow Under Senate Bill

Chamber of Commerce Raises ‘Security’ Concerns After Group Puts Bounty on CEO

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10 Countries most likely to default.

An MP3 recording of John Williams of Shadow Government Statistics.

U.S. Homeowners Lost $5.9 Trillion Since 2006 Peak.

Volcker Sees No Value in Derivatives. Here is a key quote: “He said credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations had taken the economy ‘right to the brink of disaster’ and added that the economy had grown at ‘greater rates of speed’ during the 1960s without such products. When one stunned audience member suggested that Mr. Volcker did not really mean bond markets and securitizations had contributed “nothing at all”, he replied: ‘You can innovate as much as you like, but do it within a structure that doesn’t put the whole economy at risk.’ He said he agreed with George Soros, the billionaire investor, who said investment banks must stick to serving clients and “proprietary trading should be pushed out of investment banks and to hedge funds where they belong”.

Americans Want Money Spent for Jobs, Send Bill to Rich

Government Program Has Only Helped 31,000 Borrowers So Far

Stocks Rise as Trade Deficit Narrows in October

Goldman Sachs Execs Won’t Get 2009 Cash Bonus. They are receiving restricted stock awards instead.

Natural Gas Prices Surge as Crude Fades

High-Stakes Duel Between Ron Paul and Bernanke Intensifies

An Obvious Question About US Government Gold Supplies Goes Begging

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S&P Overvalued by 100%

Official Chinese Paper Calls for More Gold Reserves