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CNNMoney: Senate fails to repeal hated IRS ruleupdated: Tue Nov 30 2010 10:44:00

The Senate failed Monday night to pass two measures that would have repealed a law that businesses big and small say will cost jobs.

CNNMoney: Senate pushing to repeal reviled IRS ruleupdated: Mon Nov 29 2010 14:40:00

Lawmakers will get a chance Monday to undo a piece of health care reform that businesses big and small say will cost jobs.

CNNMoney: Top Democrat backs 1099 requirement repealupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 17:29:00

Top Democrats are uniting with Republicans in a show of support for small business owners: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Friday that he will introduce legislation to repeal the expanded 1099 reporting requirements set to take effect in 2012.

Special deals, carve-outs keep health care afloatupdated: Tue Dec 22 2009 11:56:00

Democrats call it compromise. Republicans call it bribery. But both sides agree that special deals are why the Senate is on track to pass a health care bill by Christmas.

Body of Knowledge: Organicupdated: Wed Jun 18 2008 17:12:00

CNN's Gerri Willis takes a look at how to go about choosing organic foods.

Domenici announces his retirement from Senateupdated: Thu Oct 04 2007 21:11:00

Republicans' tough task of taking back control of the Senate next year now looks even tougher.

Numbers give Democrats edge in 2008 Senate racesupdated: Mon Sep 24 2007 15:17:00

It may not grab the headlines like the race for the White House, but the battle for the Senate is heating up.

Agriculture secretary to resign; Senate run expectedupdated: Thu Sep 20 2007 10:32:00

President Bush announced Thursday that Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his post. Johanns is expected to seek an open seat in the U.S. Senate from his home state of Nebraska.

Analysis: Hagel's decision a blow to GOP's Senate prospectsupdated: Mon Sep 10 2007 18:08:00

Sen. Chuck Hagel's announcement Monday that he won't seek another term makes the Republican Party's already tough task of trying to take back the Senate in 2008 even tougher.

CNNMoney: Record corn crop expected on ethanol demandupdated: Fri Jun 29 2007 03:20:00

U.S. farmers are on track to grow their biggest corn crop ever, an astonishing 12.8 billion bushels, a government report said on Friday, enough for livestock feeders and the booming fuel ethanol industry.

U.S. expands bird flu screeningupdated: Mon Mar 20 2006 23:12:00

Detection of the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 inside the United States could come as early as this year, as government officials unveiled plans to increase monitoring and expand screening of migratory birds that could bring it.

Business 2.0: 100% Rottenupdated: Thu Dec 01 2005 00:01:00

On Sept. 27, hundreds of America's top cotton growers gathered in the convention center in Visalia, Calif., in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. They'd come for the annual meeting of Calcot, one...

Transcript of Bush speech on pandemic flu strategyupdated: Tue Nov 01 2005 10:26:00

President Bush, in a speech Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health, said the United States must be prepared to detect bird flu outbreaks anywhere in the world, stockpile vaccines and anti-viral drugs and be ready to respond at the federal, state and local levels in the event a pandemic reaches the United States.

Health secretary Thompson steps downupdated: Fri Dec 03 2004 11:50:00

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced his resignation on Friday, the latest departure from President Bush's Cabinet, according to an administration official.

Bush taps Nebraska governor for Cabinetupdated: Thu Dec 02 2004 10:30:00

President Bush on Thursday selected Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, a Republican attorney who grew up on an Iowa dairy farm, as secretary of Agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs.

Fortune: Playing Nice in Our Nation's Capitalupdated: Mon Jul 06 1998 00:01:00

The spring primaries are over, and the survivors are staggering amid the rubble. Though bowed and bloodied, they have learned some lessons: Don't carp about an economy that's roaring. Don't critici...

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