Dem Support Slips Among High Earners As Tax Hikes Loom - Investor's Business Daily - Fri 7:06 pm ET
One political myth is that the rich are overwhelmingly Republican.

Beltway Bribery - Investor's Business Daily - Fri 6:33 pm ET
Health Care: Government of, by and for the people has apparently become a quaint concept to the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. Ramming...

Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year - AP - Fri 6:13 pm ET
Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.

Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice - AP - Fri 4:12 pm ET
At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.

West Virginia lawmakers end special session - AP - Fri 4:09 pm ET
West Virginia's Legislature ended its special session Friday with tweaks to the gas tax and state energy policy among the final bills to pass.

Ariz. lawmakers may have December special session - AP - Fri 3:59 pm ET
Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shortfall.

Health reform: New tax proposal won't reduce spending - CNNMoney.com - Fri 3:14 pm ET
The health care bill that faces a crucial test vote in the Senate on Saturday is proof that getting reform passed and getting it right are two very different things.