AP source: Obama considers levy for rescued firms

Jobs take priority on Hill as elections loom

Morning Bell: $787 Billion in Stimulus, Zero Jobs “Created or Saved”

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Don’t Draft OPM Into Fight for Government Run Health Care

To Defeat the Death Tax, Know Your Opponent

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Lack of Job Creation, Not Layoffs, Driving Unemployment

The House Health Care Bill: Sticking it to Small Business

Another Plug for Amnesty Misses the Costs

Making a Bad Bill Worse

U.S. Court Skeptical of Fed Push for Bailout Secrecy

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California to consider legalizing marijuana — and not just as medicine!

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Amish families ‘exempt’ from mandate…

Labor angry over Obama-backed insurance tax

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SUPER BOWL ADS SACKED BY ECONOMY

PAPER: Bankruptcy could be good for America

UK universities warn that they face ‘meltdown’

U.S. Chamber warns of ‘double-dip’ recession because of Dem policies

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Gasoline prices zip toward $3 mark

Trade Deficit Widens on Oil Imports

FEDS LOSE $68 BILLION IN BAILOUTS

Dem Congressman introduced 50% tax on bonuses

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IRS commissioner finds tax code ‘complex’; Doesn’t file his own returns

GOP Fears Democrats Will Stall Swearing-In if Brown Wins Mass. Senate Race

Obama May Tax Rescued Banks

Federal Reserve Makes Record $46.1B Profit in 2009

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How Barter Saved Russia

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