Harry Truman

Taxpayers shell out millions for ex-presidents

By Josh Lederman | March 26, 2013

Former President Bill Clinton's 8,300-square-foot Harlem office near the Apollo Theater costs taxpayers nearly $450,000. George W. Bush spends $85,000 on telephone fees, and another $60,000 on travel. Jimmy Carter sends $15,000 worth of postage — all on the government's dime.
How Obama is wielding executive power now

By Calvin Woodward, Richard Lardner | February 11, 2013

President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are shaping the cost and quality of health plans, the contents of the school cafeteria, the front lines of future combat, the price...
US health care reform efforts through history

By CONNIE CASS, Associated Press | June 27, 2012

The Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law follows a century of debate over what role the government should play in helping people in the United States afford medical care.
America's health care reform through history

By Connie Cass | March 23, 2012

The three days of arguments beginning before the Supreme Court on Monday may mark a turning point in a century of debate over what role the government should play in helping all Americans afford medical care. A look at the issue through the years
Feds with benefits

By Denis Storey | January 31, 2012

A new report out of the Congressional Budget Office confirms that thanks to those generous benefits plans my father-in-law’s always talking about, federal workers enjoy 16 percent more in total comp than private sector peeps.