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AP - Most Americans want Congress to vote to continue the payroll tax reduction, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll that comes as Democrats and Republicans wr

The bill to raise the debt ceiling that passed Congress this week offers mixed results for students as it preserves Pell grants but cuts from subsidized loans for graduate students.

The stalemate in Congress ended Tuesday with a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling by a trillion dollars in exchange for cutting more than $2 trillion over the next 10 years in federal spending.

Health care may dominate congressional news, but lawmakers have not forgotten about drafting new rules for Wall Street.

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are working on a plan, with the hope of unveiling it this week.

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As President Obama sits down with Congressional leaders to talk about health care, one big dividing line between Democrats and Republicans is how ambitious they are about changing the existing system.

The GOP mantra has been that the U.S. should proceed "step by step." The Obama administration argues that the most important steps only work in combination.