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The House voted Wednesday to extend $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes, to be financed with a tax increase on investment fund managers and a crackdown on international tax cheats.

US LEGISLATION to cut greenhouse gas emissions contains a provision that may reduce imports of Chinese goods by one-fifth, a World Bank study said.

Washington -- Automakers and the Michigan congressional delegation were negotiating Tuesday to reach a compromise on legislation that would expand the rights of 2,000 dealers during arbitration hearings.

General Motors Co. will assemble its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle at its Hamtramck assembly plant.

Unemployment rates mostly dropped in Muskegon, Ottawa counties as jobs increased in education but dropped in tourism.

Jobless workers could see the window for receiving additional tiers of unemployment benefit payments extended into 2011 under legislation introduced Wednesday by U.S. Rep.

A Washington state congressman plans to introduce a high-stakes bill today for tens of thousands of laid-off Michigan workers who face cashing their last unemployment check in January.

Washington -- Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said when he heard President Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan on Tuesday night, "I got a pit in my stomach that this ain't going to work." The Holland Republican said he is troubled by Obama setting a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home ...

Sen. Carl Levin, left, and older brother Rep. Sander Levin. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this week introduced a health-care bill that would, among other things, allow states to opt out of a controversial public-run health care plan.

A successful trade preference program must be stable and predictable over a long term, the chief supply officer for Levi Strauss & Co.

The Starbucks nook at Singapore's cavernous Suntec convention centre received a star guest Wednesday, but didn't make a sale.

When President Barack Obama takes off for China on Thursday, a steel-cleaning machine manufactured in Gaylord will be starting its journey for the Asian economic giant as well.

While many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, a number of national lawmakers are living comfortably: Figures from 2008 suggest 44 percent of Congress members are millionaires, compared to around one percent of the general population.

Washington -- President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law today a bill that extends unemployment benefits for workers in Michigan and other hard-hit states as well as expands a popular tax credit that could boost home sales.

Help is on the way for tens of thousands of Michiganders and their families who have already exhausted their unemployment or will have by year's end.

With a key vote Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed without dissent legislation to extend jobless benefits by 14 weeks or more to out-of-work people -- including at least 100,000 Michiganders -- who have exhausted their unemployment or would by year's end.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday named Andy Levin as the state's chief workforce officer, a position from which he will help oversee efforts to streamline state government service and employment levels.

Washington -- The Senate moved closer tonight to passing legislation to extend an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to Michigan and other hard-hit states, but left a final vote to Tuesday at the earliest.

The Energy Department awarded a $24 million retooling loan to an auto supplier to design advanced components in Michigan.

Governor Granholm has no problem raising your taxes. She does have difficulty calling the exercise of raising your taxes, taxes.