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Tuesday, January 03, 2012  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know what others thought about congress in 2011.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Report: Justice Department investigating Standard and Poor's mortgage securities ratings

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  Interest rates on student loans could increase if no action is taken on the U.S. deficit.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  The national debt of the United States currently stands at 9.7 trillion dollars. On Monday, credit agency Standard and Poor’s fired a shot across the bow of the nation’s financial ship warning that action must be taken to preserve the country’s AAA rating.

Friday, January 28, 2011  New congressional projections show Social Security running deficits every year until its trust funds are eventually drained in about 2037.