OVERNIGHT MONEY: House takes aim at student loan interest rates

Vicki Needham, Bernie Becker and Erik Wasson - 04/26/12 06:15 PM ET

FRIDAY'S BIG STORY: Let's agree to, well, agree: The debate over keeping student loan interest rates low isn't an entirely unusual…
Norquist group increases lobbying efforts

Megan Wilson - 04/26/12 02:08 PM ET

A conservative nonprofit known for its anti-tax presence in Washington upped its lobbying spending by 82 percent from the first…
Group plans lawsuit to force SEC oil disclosure rules

Ben Geman - 04/26/12 07:18 AM ET

Oxfam America is threatening a lawsuit to force the Securities and Exchange Commission to complete delayed rules that require oil…
OVERNIGHT MONEY: Extenders pop into the spotlight in the House

Vicki Needham, Bernie Becker, Peter Schroeder and Erik Wasson - 04/25/12 06:15 PM ET

THURSDAY'S BIG STORY:To extend, or not to extend, that is the question: It’s tax extender time. A House Ways and Means subcommittee…
GOP demands answers from IRS on Tea Party allegations

Josh Fatzick - 04/25/12 05:38 AM ET

House Republican lawmakers are calling on the IRS to stop harassing Tea Party groups across the country. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.),…
Romney will pick mini-Mitt for VP, his Bain Capital hires suggest

Peter Schroeder - 04/25/12 05:00 AM ET

In his roughly 25 years at Bain, Romney tended to hire mini-Mitts: smart, ambitious, clean-cut and a little awkward.…

Related: RNC throws weight behind Romney

OVERNIGHT MONEY: Agriculture panel plows ahead with markup

Vicki Needham, Erik Wasson, Peter Schroeder and Bernie Becker - 04/24/12 06:15 PM ET

WEDNESDAY'S BIG STORY: Growing season: The Senate Agriculture Committee will plow ahead with a markup of the 2012 farm bill on…
OVERNIGHT MONEY: Obama pitches keeping student loan rates low

Vicki Needham, Bernie Becker, Peter Schroeder and Erik Wasson - 04/23/12 06:04 PM ET

TUESDAY'S BIG STORY: Traversing the college corridor: President Obama starts yet another tour of swing states on Tuesday, taking his pitch to…
Senate to vote on overturning NLRB’s union election rule

Kevin Bogardus - 04/20/12 01:14 PM ET

The Senate will vote next week on overturning the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) controversial union-election rule, according to Sen.…
OVERNIGHT MONEY: Small-business tax cut takes center stage in the House

Vicki Needham and Bernie Becker - 04/18/12 06:15 PM ET

THURSDAY'S BIG STORY:Next up, the House's small-business tax cut: In a week of dueling tax cut votes, it’s now the…
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