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A private research group forecast that the economy will grow slowly as summer turns into fall — if U.S. politicians can agree to raise the amount the government can borrow.

The Senate has taken up tea party-backed House legislation tying an increase in the government's borrowing authority to a series of conservative demands including a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

The state of Wisconsin has reached an agreement with the Wisconsin Medical Society over the repayment of a fund that was raided in 2007 to help balance the budget.

A new analysis of government data by the American Action Forum found that including Medicare Part D prescription drug rebates in the final debt ceiling package would increase monthly premiums by up to 40 percent for more than 17 million seniors.

Major employers, including McDonald's, Home Depot and Blockbuster, offer mini-medical plans, but under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, these plans are nearing the last of their days.

Participants in same-sex marriages say they are still discriminated against because they can't get the same federal benefits that heterosexual couples receive.