The package would replace last year's transportation package if it's approved during special legislative session. ... Virginians would be faced with higher taxes on vehicle sales and Northern Virginians additionally would pay one-cent more on the state sales tax under a...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would...
Lawmakers are set to return to work on Monday after a five-week summer session that had a contentious debate on offshore drilling spilling over to the Democratic and Republican conventions. Session resumes just as the...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN ZIBEL WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration's announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit...
A top U.N. war crimes prosecutor is due in Serbia this week for a working visit that Belgrade hopes will bring approval for its extradition of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic in July, an official said Monday. Prosecutor...