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The state's top insurance regulator has denied the Vermont Health Co-op a license to sell health insurance this fall just as 100,000 Vermonters prepare to begin shopping for 2014 coverage on the new online 'exchange' set up by the federal Affordable Care Act.

Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the office processing 501 4 applications, plead her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination in declining to answer questions in a Congressional hearing earlier today.

Dozens of House lawmakers joined together on Wednesday to introduce legislation that would bar employers from asking for their workers' passwords to Facebook or other social media accounts.

Democrats and Republicans are trying to figure out who is behind Internal Revenue Service agents singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

Our thanks to Richard Evers and Dan DeWalt for their important articles on the despicable injustices endured by the prisoners at Guantanamo.

The House on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation reaffirming U.S. policy as one that supports an Internet that is controlled by stakeholders, not governments.

United States Representative Peter Welch of Vermont to discuss importance of farm bill.

Vermont U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is going to be talking about the farm bill that Congress will be considering in Washington.

At The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vt., cans of the brewery's signature Heady Topper were spinning off the production line Monday.

Former NY prison camp gets $241,000 auction bid. Ex-state lawmaker gets 1 year in NYC fraud case.

Vermont's lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives is going to be talking about the need to reform a federal requirement that most motor fuel contain ethanol.

LEVIN IS NOT THRILLED WITH REPUBLICAN DEBT PLANS. Michigan Rep. Sander Levin said attempts to tie tax reform to a debt ceiling increase would be "totally unacceptable." POLITICO previously reported that Republican lawmakers were considering including tax reform instructions in a deal that would raise the debt cap each time tax reform advances.

House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race.

Rep. Steve Womack is trying to drum up support among House Republicans for a bill to help states with the collection of sales tax for online purchases.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte criticized the Senate on Monday for moving so quickly on Internet sales tax legislation and said the House will take its time considering the proposal.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez introduced legislation on Monday that would provide arms to vetted opposition groups.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden wants President Obama to expedite use of a tool that encourages energy efficiency within the federal government.

WATERBURY -- On Aug. 29, 2011, the day after Tropical Storm Irene rained destruction on Vermont, Albert Ca ron talked his way past a police officer posted on Main Street in Waterbury, and drove his four-wheel-drive truck to his repair business, Waterbury Service Center.

The Democrats blinked in the sequester tussle -- by wide margins Congress passed, and the president promised to sign, legislation that would end the furloughs for Federal Aviation Administration employees, which had caused flight delays that Republicans claimed were politically motivated by the Obama administration.

"My husband was looking out to make sure there weren't any predators coming to get the farm animals and said there is something in the driveway but it's floating.