WASHINGTON - For all the ideological bluster whipped up over extending the payroll tax holiday, it comes down to this for working Americans: $40, on average, every two weeks. That’s the amount a worker earning $50,000 annually can continue pocketing in d

How can Warren be any worse than Coakley? Read & find out Senate races in Massachusetts haven't been much fun for the majority of my life, which kicked into gear in the 1970s. Both of our Senators have been powerhouses who were never seriously challenged

U.S. Representative Michael Capuano came into the SCATV studio on February 10 for an hour-long interview with political writer and Public Strategies Group consultant, David Osborne. The in-depth interview covered the important topics of the day, such as

Shira Schoenberg can be reached at sschoenbergglobe.com. Follow her on Twitter shiraschoenberg. In a fight to be seen as the most fiscally conservative presidential candidate, Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have been attacking one another fo

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought t

Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable vi