President Obama last week chose Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to launch the newly created Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, an agency that will further regulate the lending practices of banks, mortgage lenders and credit card companies. But most Americans say increased competition, not more government regulation, will do more to protect borrowers.
New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer is running comfortably ahead of his Republican challenger in the first look at his bid for reelection since last week's party primaries.
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Likely Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, September 19. That's down a point from a week ago and back to the level of the prior three weeks.
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Most voters in Colorado (60%) feel the so-called Bush tax cuts that are scheduled to end December 31 should be extended, and they believe that extension should apply to everyone.
Republican Paul LePage earns his highest level of support yet in the race to be Maine’s next governor, moving this election from Leans GOP to Solid GOP in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power Rankings.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes a Ponzi scheme as “an investment swindle in which some early investors are paid off with money put up by later ones in order to encourage more and bigger risks.”
Incumbent Republican Sean Parnell again holds a 20-point lead on Democratic challenger Ethan Berkowitz in the race for governor of Alaska, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
Entitlement reform has become a leading issue in this year's Republican primaries.
Good news. The folks in charge of such things announced this week that the recession is over.
Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman continue their neck-and-neck battle in the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide survey of California’s gubernatorial contest.
Illinois’ race for the U.S. Senate continues to be a close run thing.
Americans are concerned that, in today’s technological age, we may have become too dependent on electronic devices such as computers and calculators.
Just because someone has put up a Website to sell merchandise doesn't mean they are a reliable vendor. Anyone with a few bucks and a basic knowledge of HTML can set up a website. To become a reliable merchant takes years of experience. The fact that this website isn't customer-friendly is one sign that the company doesn't really care about what its customers think about it.
Here are some of the things I look for on e-commerce websites:
Married people feel in harmony when it comes to managing finances in retirement, but most don't know how much they'll have. According to a new COUNTRY Financial survey, about four out of five (83 percent) of those nearing retirement age (40-64 years old) are confident they and their spouse agree about how to handle money matters in their golden years. This comes as a majority (56 percent) says they have no idea or are unsure how much monthly income they will have in retirement.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Likely U.S. Voters say most members of Congress get reelected not because they go do a good job representing the folks at home but because election rules are rigged to their benefit.
Although a solid majority of voters in Pennsylvania would rather see the government cut taxes to create jobs rather than spend more money, a plurality favors the plan that some are calling President Obama’s “second stimulus package.”
Democrats are trying to push the Dream Act through Congress this year, “providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who arrive in the United States before age 16, earn a high school diploma, reside here for at least five years and complete two years of college or military service,” according to the New York Times.
That was a pleasant stroll across the Ivy League campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I.
I agreed to be on a panel at UC Berkeley's Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service Monday night, where we addressed the question "California's Next Governor: What Should the Agenda Be?"
