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Temporary foreign worker program has long-term problems

By Laurel Adams

The temporary foreign worker program, known as the H—1B visa, allows educated workers in specialty occupations to work in the United States

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$94 million visa security program is largely ineffective

By Laurel Adams

Facts American adults can learn from undocumented kids

By Susan Ferriss

Top lawmaker urges Obama to fill gov’t watchdog jobs

By John Solomon

Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

By John Solomon

TARP helped stabilize financial institutions, but future success questioned

By Laurel Adams

The government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, established to stabilize weak financial institutions, faces challenges in getting repayments

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Treasury Dept. scolded for rejecting anti-fraud measures in bank capital program

By David Heath and Julie Vorman

Treasury’s financial reporting for TARP questioned

By Laurel Adams

August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

Newsmaker interview: Bailout watchdog warns of "doomsday cycle"

By Peter H. Stone

Stimulus tax credit may increase penalties

By Laurel Adams

The “Making Work Pay” tax credit, which increased take—home pay for workers, may result in 13.4 million people actually owing the government

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FACT CHECK: Rick Perry’s dubious tax promise

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FACT CHECK: Obamas' tax rate not lower than the average teacher's

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FACT CHECK: Ad on billionaire's statement misses the facts

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FACT CHECK: GPS's bogus tax attack against Obama

By FactCheck.Org

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Raising retirement age for Social Security would impact disability payments

By Laurel Adams

While policymakers debate how to keep Social Security solvent over the long-term, a Government Accountability Office report says there could

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ANALYSIS: Why the insurance industry needs Obamacare to stay in business

By Wendell Potter

FACT CHECK: False promises and facts on health insurance premiums

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Analysis - Ryan's Medicare plan would be a windfall for insurance companies

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurers try to fool Congress with fuzzy math

By Wendell Potter

Forest Service struggles with staffing as firefighting costs double

By Laurel Adams

In the last decade, the Forest Service’s costs for firefighting have doubled, totaling $1 billion in 2009, according to the inspector genera

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Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

State Dept. spends terrorism and emergency dollars on parties, rented linens and a kitchen

By Corbin Hiar

SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe

By John Solomon

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

Health insurance eats up 9 percent of Pentagon’s total budget

By Laurel Adams

The cost of health insurance for active duty and retired military personnel has increased from $19 billion in 2001 to $49 billion in 2010. T

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Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Health care options for young, healthy and broke

By The Associated Press

For 12-Year-Old without an arm, insurance has run out

By Danielle Ivory

ANALYSIS: A new affront group

By Wendell Potter

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Confusing overlap in government assistance programs

By Laurel Adams

Number of American households needing assistance reached record levels during the recession.

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FACT CHECK: Does Obama’s plan ‘gut welfare reform?’

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Public housing, private frustration

By Brian Ross, Avni Patel, John Solomon and Laurel Adams

Homeland Security marked by waste, lack of oversight

By G.W. Schulz

Costs for 9/11 emergency responders’ health plan under scrutiny

By Laurel Adams

Senior Dem calls for more oversight of pension entity after Center uncovers weakness

By John Solomon

Senate Aging Committee Chairman Herb Kohl says a Center for Public Integrity investigation that uncovered security, management and procureme

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U.S. agency insuring pensions needs bigger, more active board

By Julie Vorman

Pension insurer criticized for switching investment strategies too frequently

By Alexandra Duszak

No guarantees at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

By John Solomon

New law gives US companies a break on pensions

By The Associated Press

Chamber of Commerce flowchart linked to former insurance industry lobbyist

By Joe Eaton

Free-market cheerleaders have long relied on the flowchart to push their notion that government intervention makes a hash of things. Republi

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A single-payer plan for Vermont

By Wendell Potter

FACT CHECK: Will health care law raise insurance premiums?

By FactCheck.Org

ANALYSIS: 'ObamaCare' label is sticking

By Wendell Potter

Mass. health law may bode well for federal law

By The Associated Press

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

OSHA too generous in cutting fines, watchdog says

By Julie Vorman

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

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"… hould be leading the charge in supporting it.”According to Department of Labor data reviewed by the AFL-CIO, only 79 cases have been prosecuted under the …"

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