Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Sander Martin Levin, generally known as Sandy Levin, (born September 6, 1931) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed.
Still, President Barack Obama's hopes for another electoral victory could depend on voters remembering a time when things were worse.The industrial state has endured a decade of economic hardship. With native son Mitt Romney as the likely Republican nominee, the president's re-election prospects in Michigan once appeared grim. While the state economy has a long way to go to regain the 857,000 jobs it has lost since mid-2000, voters are telling pollsters they're starting to notice a subtle upswing — and that could be good news for Obama."Things seem to be turning the corner," said Mark Kunnert, who runs his family's music store in downtown Mount Clemens, about 20 miles northeast of Detroit. "I'm giving him a shot."Kunnert has seen more students signing up for music lessons and buying instruments in recent months. He credits the president for initiatives such as the 2009...Congress on Friday approved a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, averting a tax hike with a no-drama vote following a week of partisan deadlock. The House a...
Lawmakers debate Big Three's new bailout request
House Republicans are bucking demands from the Obama White House to include renewal of a U.S. job training assistance program in long-pending legislation providing f...
A Senate deal on extending some Obama stimulus aid for workers whose jobs move overseas could break a political logjam blocking free trade agreements with South Kore...
House and Senate trade leaders said Thursday they were looking at a compromise solution to extend a worker assistance program that has become the primary obstacle to...
The White House and congressional lawmakers reached a deal Tuesday to propel three coveted free trade agreements toward a vote on Capitol Hill, though the ultimate f...
Once considered untouchable, Social Security is now in play in the debt-ceiling negotiations. And that could mean higher income taxes for many U.S. families in addit...
Defying a veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday night to slice federal spending by $6 trillion and require a constitutional balanced budget amen...
The leading Republican presidential contenders are embracing plans to partially privatize Social Security , reviving a politically risky issue that President George ...
WASHINGTON -- House and Senate trade leaders said Thursday they were looking at a compromise solution to extend an American worker assistance program that has become...
Republican frustration is growing with President Obama's revamped approach to deficit reduction and job creation, as he prepares to unveil the latest plank in his ec...
In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withho...
Republicans rammed an election-year, $46 billion tax cut for most of America's employers through the House on Thursday, ignoring a White House veto threat in a debat...
The House voted Wednesday to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank, culminating a struggle that has split Republicans between pro-bank business groups and anti-b...
Congress on Tuesday overturned a court decision and reaffirmed that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other state-run eco...
Congress on Tuesday overturned a court decision and reaffirmed that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other state-run eco...
Congress, acting in concert with the administration, took steps Wednesday toward overturning a federal court ruling that restricted the government's ability to impos...
After House Republicans said they plan to roll out a "backup plan" to keep the payroll tax cut for the remainder of the year but not include any funding offsets, Pre...
Defiant Republicans pushed legislation through the House Tuesday night that would keep alive Social Security payroll tax cuts for some 160 million Americans at Presi...
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2012 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.
