All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 1 2008 // Leaders in the U.S. Congress have deployed their best weapon for winning passage of a $700 billion financial industry bailout just weeks before the elections, attaching tax cuts to an otherwise bitter pill.The Senate aims...
Sep 29 2008 // An anti-war protester who claims he was shot with a police projectile at close range during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul announced on September 26 that he is planning to sue the city of St. Paul and...
Sep 26 2008 // Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House have offered an alternative to a $700 billion government bailout of Wall Street that they say would rely on private capital markets, rather than taxpayers, to free up frozen...
Sep 24 2008 // An Illinois Senate committee wants to require insurance companies to cover expanded treatment for autism.It’s the Senate’s third attempt this year to approve the measure, which would require insurers to cover...
Sep 16 2008 // Both leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Tuesday expressed reservations about the federal government intervening to help insurer American International Group Inc.Connecticut Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd,...
Sep 5 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement.The deal required the Republican Party’s...
Sep 5 2008 // The Republican National Committee pledged its support to improve federal natural disaster insurance as part of its platform. The GOP’s support of federal disaster insurance reform follows the Democratic National...
Sep 1 2008 // One of the three Democrats vying for the party’s nomination for the Delaware insurance commissioner post formally launched her campaign with just three weeks before the Sept. 9 primary.Karen Weldin Stewart promised...
Sep 1 2008 // Legislation that would allow insurers to more accurately base auto insurance premiums on how many miles a motorist drives passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee.Proposition 103 requires insurers to set...
Aug 29 2008 // The Bush administration is proposing that workplace hazard standards be subject to more public and expert scrutiny before being adopted. Critics say the proposals could make it harder to limit worker exposure to...
Aug 20 2008 // With just three weeks until Democrats choose their nominee for insurance commissioner, one of the three candidates vying for the nomination has formally launched her campaign.Karen Weldin Stewart made her campaign...
Aug 8 2008 // Legislation that would allow insurers to more accurately base auto insurance premiums exactly on how many miles a motorist drives passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee.Proposition 103 requires insurers to...
Aug 4 2008 // Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for an open U.S. House seat in Alabama.In the 5th District in north Alabama, Parker received 79 percent to 21 percent for Huntsville lawyer Cheryl...
Jul 30 2008 // The U.S. regulatory structure for the insurance industry puts companies at a disadvantage overseas and stifles innovation and competition for consumers, the industry told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday.At a Senate Banking...
Jul 25 2008 // Leading lawmakers this week accused the Bush administration of acting in secret to make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other dangerous chemicals in the workplace.The Labor Department is trying...
Jul 17 2008 // President Bush’s highway safety chief is resigning after leading the administration’s efforts on auto safety and vehicle fuel economy standards for two years, officials said.Nicole Nason, the administrator of...
Jul 17 2008 // Alabama State Rep. Jay Love of Montgomery and Huntsville insurance executive Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for two open U.S. House seats in Alabama that are expected to be closely watched as Democrats seek to...
Jul 7 2008 // The Pennsylvania Senate in a July 3 roll call vote unanimously approved Joel S. Ario to become the state’s insurance commissioner, a year after Gov. Ed Rendell first nominated the former chief insurance regulator in...
Jul 3 2008 // Republican House attorney John Brady has resigned from his General Assembly position to prepare for his campaign for state insurance commissioner.Brady stepped down so to avoid any conflict of interest or concerns about...
Jun 26 2008 // A North Carolina bill passed through the Senate Commerce Committee on June 24 that would require insurers to notify consumers of their choice to buy more than the required minimum uninsured motorist and underinsured...