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• Employers Encourage Workers to Volunteer

  David McGinty spends five to 10 hours a week helping the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington with such projects as training staff to teach hundreds of kids computer literacy. Posted Nov 22 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, to, AOL LLC, New Jersey, Alabama, Fannie Mae, Internal Revenue Service, Verizon Communications Inc., Workers, Marriott International Inc., Employers, FEMA, Commerce Bank, TD Bank Financial Group, Volunteer, Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, Emily Rothberg, Encourage, Matt Lawrence, Stacey D. Stewart, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Jude Thaddeus, Leah Lamb, Annandale High School, Katy Moore, Lisa M. Hamilton, David McGinty, The UPS Foundation, Jersey City

• As Support for Auto Aid Stalls, Efforts Shift to GOP Loan Plan

  Congressional allies of the auto industry were rushing late yesterday to put together a bipartisan aid package for faltering Detroit car companies, but lawmakers said they may leave town today without taking action. Posted Nov 19 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, to, Henry M. Paulson, for, The White House, Aid, As, General Motors Corporation, Harry Reid, Alabama, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Barney Frank, Capitol Hill, Efforts, Detroit, Plan, Chrysler Holding LLC, Loan, Support, Spencer Bachus, Carl Levin, Dana Perino, Kit Bond, George Voinovich, auto, Shift, Bob Nardelli, GOP, Alan R. Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Gary Ackerman, Stalls,

• Holiday Jobs Dry Up as Economy Weakens

  This is the time of year when retail jobs are supposed to be as plentiful as holiday cheer, when stores gear up for the Christmas rush by filling their sales floors with college students, moonlighters and anyone else looking to shore up their income. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Gaithersburg, Economy, California, As, Alabama, Dry, Up, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobs, Best Buy Co. Inc., Columbia Heights, Annapolis (Maryland), Toys "R" Us Inc., Weakens, The National Retail Federation, Holiday, Megan Waters, Aon Corporation, Nina Ivey, Robert Delissio, John Thrailkill, Bass Pro Shops Inc., Virginia Barbeque, Dan Russell, The Container Store Inc., Xina Eiland, Dan Butler, John Challenger

• Facing Shortfalls, States Seek Financial Help From Washington

  NEW YORK -- First came the banks looking for a federal rescue plan to stay afloat. Next it was the automakers seeking a bailout. And now state governments say they, too, need emergency federal assistance to remain solvent. Posted Nov 15 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, Financial, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, California, Medicaid, Massachusetts, Help, Connecticut, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas, From, Missouri, David Paterson, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arnold Schwarzenegger, States, Iris J. Lav, Washington, Seek, Minnesota, Idaho, Paterson, Facing, National Governors Association, Errol Cockfield, Karen Bass, Shortfalls,, Andrew Stettner, Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce

• Political Activism Thriving in Federal Workforce

  David Sheagley and Darlene Tinsley, a husband-and-wife team employed by the Social Security Administration in Ohio, are political activists. Posted Nov 04 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: New York, In, New Jersey, Texas, Massachusetts, U.S. Department of Justice, Arizona, Alabama, Barack Obama, Ohio, South Dakota, Political, Illinois, Louisiana, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Federal, National Treasury Employees Union, Social Security Administration, Silver Spring, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Mississippi, New Mexico, Jim Moran, Activism, Workforce, Joe Davidson, Tom Davis, Thriving, One Energy Department, Dave Schoeberlein, Neal Orringer, Michael Hager, Andy Beck, Kay Ely, Darlene Tinsley, David Sheagley, Jamie Hais

• Hard-Fought Battle in Hard-Hit Ohio

  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Nov. 2 -- With the presidential campaigns pressing to get out the vote in the race's final hours, no state is being more fiercely contested than Ohio, which provided President Bush with his decisive margin of victory four years ago. Posted Nov 02 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Delaware, In, George W. Bush, Cleveland, The Wall Street Journal, John McCain, Karl Rove, U.S. Republican Party, Alabama, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ohio, William Ayers, Cincinnati, Michelle Obama, Bob Dole, Youngstown, U.S. Democratic Party, John Kerry, Ronald Reagan, Battle, Sarah Palin, Columbus, Appalachia, Ted Strickland, Dayton, Bob Evans, Hard-Hit, Ross County, John Frame, Traci Saliba, Chillicothe, Franklin County, Delaware County, Joy Glover, Tammy Simkins, Bill Jenkins, Mahoning Valley, Rita Hawkins, Lori Viars, Trumbull County, Carol Myers, Hard-Fought, David May, Kate Yonkura, Diane McDonald, Springboro, Marilyn Brown, Mahoning County, Steve Zurmehly

• The Strain To Pay for College

  With a 3.3 grade point average and a 1700 SAT score, Danielle Price has done better than many of her classmates. Getting into college won't be a problem. Paying for it will. Posted Oct 18 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, to, Baltimore, Maryland, University of Maryland, The, for, Pennsylvania, Virginia, The George Washington University, Pay, Boston, Alabama, Atlanta, College, University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, Pennsylvania State University, U.S. Department of Education, Strain, Hampton University, Jevita DeFreitas, MeritAid.com, Peter Mazareas, Jason Olim, Sarah J. Bauder, College Savings Foundation, Stephanie Thomas, Larry Glazer, Norfolk State University, Hampton (Virginia), Chris Long (Football), Auburn University, Emory University, Natalie Thomas, Florene Price, Danielle Price

• A Hard-Hitting Final Round

  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Oct. 15 -- Seeking to recapture the momentum in the presidential race, John McCain aggressively criticized Barack Obama's past relationships and challenged his character Wednesday night while Obama sought to link McCain to President Bush and direct the conversation to "solving the... Posted Oct 15 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, A, George W. Bush, The Pentagon, John McCain, Arizona, Iraq, CBS Corporation, Alabama, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ohio, William Ayers, Chicago, Final, Bob Schieffer, Colombia, Venezuela, Middle East, Sarah Palin, Illinois State Senate, John Lewis, Toledo, Joseph Biden, Shailagh Murray, Hofstra University, Hempstead, Hard-Hitting, Round, George Wallace, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Joe Wurzelbacher

• Support Rallied as House Readies for Its Second Bailout Vote

  A tide of lobbyists representing corporate executives, small-business owners, farmers and retirees swamped Capitol Hill yesterday in hopes of pushing an emergency economic rescue plan through Congress, but the fate of the measure remained uncertain as the House prepared for a climactic vote at... Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, New York, Henry M. Paulson, U.S. Department of Commerce, for, The White House, National Federation of Independent Business, George W. Bush, California, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury, As, Bailout, Tony Fratto, Second, Arizona, U.S. Republican Party, Alabama, Its, Tennessee, Nevada, Nancy Pelosi, Capitol Hill, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, Readies, Support, Spencer Bachus, AARP, House, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Minnesota, Jim Ramstad, R. Bruce Josten, Jim Cooper, Vote, Paul Kane, U.S. Congressional Black Caucus, John Lewis, Eric Cantor, Shailagh Murray, John Shadegg, Zach Wamp, Jason Altmire, John Spragens, Gabrielle Giffords, Brian Bilbray, Rallied, John Yarmuth, Anita Huslin, Shelley Berkley, Charlie Melancon

• Obama, McCain Stand United In Pressing Hard for Rescue

  After months on the campaign trail and countless missed votes, Barack Obama and John McCain returned to the Capitol last night as just two of 99 senators voting on a massive Wall Street rescue plan, but their forceful advocacy for the controversial measure may help push it into law. Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, United States, In, for, Wisconsin, The White House, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Rescue, Republican National Committee, John McCain, Alabama, Barack Obama, David Vitter, McCain, Obama,, Joseph Lieberman, Nancy Pelosi, Arlington, Mel Martinez, Hard, Stand, Jeff Sessions, United, John Shadegg, Pressing, La Crosse

• How McCain Stirred a Simmering Pot

  When Sen. John McCain made his way to the Capitol office of House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) just past noon on Thursday, he intended to "just touch gloves" with House Republican leaders, according to one congressional aide, and get ready for the afternoon bailout summit at the White... Posted Sep 26 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, United States, Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, A, Wisconsin, The White House, George W. Bush, U.S. Marine Corps, South Carolina, John McCain, Iraq, U.S. Republican Party, Alabama, Barack Obama, New Hampshire, McCain, Robert Bennett, U.S. Democratic Party, Tennessee, How, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Barney Frank, U.S. House Budget Committee, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Lindsey Graham, Spencer Bachus, John Boehner, Michael Abramowitz, Mitch McConnell, BlackBerry Mobile Devices, Judd Gregg, Paul Kane, Republican Study Committee, Jeb Hensarling, Lamar Alexander, Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Stirred, Pot, Simmering

• Away from Wall Street, Economists Question Basis of Paulson's Plan

  The Bush administration's pitch for a sweeping bailout of the financial system has centered on two simple premises: that the economy could suffer a crippling downturn if action is not taken very quickly and that this action should consist of the government buying troubled mortgage securities from... Posted Sep 25 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, The White House, of, Frederic S. Mishkin, Wall, Street,, Alabama, Harvard University, From, International Monetary Fund, Princeton University, Japan, Alan S. Blinder, Richard Shelby, Away, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plan, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Economists, Stanford University, Columbia Business School, Paulson's, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Question, Simon Johnson, Glenn Hubbard, Basis, John Cochrane, Joseph Stiglitz, Myron Scholes, Greg Mankiw

• Candidates Give Negotiators a Push

  Delicate backroom negotiations over legislation for a massive Wall Street rescue were jolted yesterday by Sen. John McCain's sudden announcement that he would come to Washington to participate in the talks. But by day's end, Sen. Barack Obama's decision to join his rival at the White House in a show... Posted Sep 24 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, Henry M. Paulson, A, The White House, George W. Bush, Steny Hoyer, John McCain, Arizona, U.S. Republican Party, Alabama, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Barney Frank, Richard Shelby, Candidates, Push, Spencer Bachus, Give, John Boehner, Oklahoma, Roy Blunt, Michael D. Shear, Mickey Edwards, Negotiators

• Historic Market Bailout Set in Motion

  The Bush administration yesterday proposed a historic $500 billion bailout of financial firms that would let the government rather than the cold judgment of the marketplace decide the winners and losers from the crisis that has shaken the U.S. economy for the past year. Posted Sep 19 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, In, Market, George W. Bush, Standard & Poor's, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bailout, Charles Schumer, Neil Irwin, U.S. Republican Party, Alabama, Freddie Mac Holdings, Fannie Mae, Renae Merle, American Bankers Asso