The Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Barack Obama to give people on Social Security a $250 bonus check. Republicans and Democratic deficit hawks combined to reject the idea by a 50-47 vote. The plan, offered in the Senate by Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would have added $14 billion ...

Lawmakers are considering cutting all services for nearly 26,000 people with disabilities as South Carolina tries to plug a $560 million budget hole. Parents say the proposed cuts to day care programs and other services would force them to give up much-needed jobs to stay home and ...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was open to four new Republican proposals on health care legislation, in a gesture of bipartisanship meant to jump-start his stalled drive to overhaul the system. Obama detailed the ideas, all of which were raised at a bipartisan health care summit last week, in a letter to congressional leaders. In a nod to his ...

Social service provider Providence Service Corp. predicted Monday that it will earn more than expected in the fourth quarter after it slashed expenses and earned more from Medicaid programs. Providence, which offers government-sponsored services, said it will report earnings of 42 cents a share for the final ...