Broker Regulation

If polls show one thing with certainty, it's that Republicans aren't sold on Mitt Romney and they've been looking for other presidential candidates.

The Colorado Department of Labor said it overpaid $305 million in unemployment benefits over the past three years, prompting Gov. John Hickenlooper to order the department to recover improperly paid benefits and tighten its procedures.

Nebraska insurance officials can't decide whether to recommend a state-based health insurance exchange or follow a proposed federal model until they know how much the national plan will cost, Nebraska Department of Insurance Director Bruce Ramge said.

The House on Thursday returned to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Barack Obama's health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.

Congress flooded its supercommittee with a jumble of advice Thursday about taming the government's out-of-control debt, with top agriculture lawmakers readying a bipartisan plan to pare food and farm aid while others urged an aggressive hunt for savings coupled with warnings against cutting cherished programs.

The government should revise regulations that are supposed to help employers that like their plans keep their plans, according to Rep. Phil Roe.