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The Obama administration on Friday issued a final rule that implements five key consumer protections in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A House panel on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, leaving out anti-abortion provisions that torpedoed an earlier effort to change the status of the state's largest health insurer.

Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both.

The Republicans public relations woes rage on.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is proposing hiring 710 new state employees over the next two years.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer says Congress must "put aside ideological constraints" and resolve differences over taxes, budget and spending.