The $250 Economic Recovery Payments that were issued in 2009 by the Social Security Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs and Railroad Retirement Board must be included when claiming the Making Work Pay Tax Credit on 2009 tax returns.

The personal security of nearly 50,000 people may have been breached by the California Department of Health Care Services.

Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.

By: NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Greek officials pledged Tuesday to increase the retirement age, raise fuel taxes and accelerate reforms, trying to calm financial markets a day before a nationwide strike against the government's new austerity measures.

A sales tax to pay for health insurance is a great idea. Those who pay no taxes in our state would help everyone get insurance.

Social Security's annual surplus nearly evaporated in 2009 for the first time in 25 years as the recession led hundreds of thousands of workers to retire or claim disability.

The economic collapse of 2008 and 2009 did so much damage to the United States that only now can we begin to measure the devastation.

The Social Security numbers of thousands of Medi-Cal recipients was inadvertently on the envelopes of a recent mailing, says the California Department of Health Care Services .

Big business, their lobbyists and politicians of both parties sold out America, especially the middle class, by voting for globalization and trade policies that transferred all our well-paying manufacturing jobs overseas and outside our borders.

Social Security "is being used as a piggy bank" for the U.S. government as retirees are asked to "pay the price for the excess of Wall Street." "We don't have the courage to reduce spending so we increase taxes," the approach politicians use "every time we get into a deficit situation." The first observation was from former Representative Barbara ...

A Congressional 4th District field representative will be in Fort Payne Friday to provide assistance to those who may need help with federal issues or casework.

I spent the first part of the week thinking about President Obama's proposal for next year's budget.

Jobs, jobs, jobs. Meet the new mantra, same as the old mantra. No longer will President Obama be content to cite specious numbers about 'jobs saved or created' as a result of last year's $787 billion fiscal stimulus.

At age 67, Robert decided to draw up his will. But he worried his diagnosis of Alzheimer's might later create legal problems.

WASHINGTON - In 2013, when President Mitch Daniels, former Indiana governor, is counting his blessings, at the top of his list will be the name of his vice president: Paul Ryan.

John Boehner, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, issued a stinging denunciation Friday of the Obama administration's plan to create a fiscal discipline commission, calling it a "partisan Washington exercise" that's "rigged" to promote Democrats' spending policies.

On paper, Roxann Garcia appeared to be a model government employee. Hired as a maintenance worker in 2001 for Hidalgo County's Precinct 1, she received a promotion after three years of service and was even recognized by her boss as "Employee of the Month" in September 2006 for her contributions.

President Barack Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion budget for the 2011 fiscal year raises taxes on businesses and so-called wealthy Americans while it would slightly trim some government spending.

The House on Thursday voted to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt -- an increase of about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident that provided a vivid election-year reminder of the nation's perilous financial condition.

Throughout the bitter debate over health care reform, talking points about " rationing " and " cuts to Medicare " have been the twin pillars of Republican fear mongering .