The ranking Republican on a House committee has called for hearings into reports of threats and violence against Democratic lawmakers who supported health care reform legislation.

The Senate and House have approved a final reconciliation bill that completes that chamber's action on pending health care reform measures.

Insurers have secured key changes in financial services reform legislation easing a proposed financial requirement for large firms and eliminating tighter regulation of financial product sales.

President Obama has signed the historic bill reforming regulation and financing of healthcare, saying the bill provides "reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see."

President Obama has signed the historic bill reforming regulation and financing of health care, saying the bill provides "reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see."

Salaries of the 25 top executives at American International Group and other companies receiving government help must be cut on average by one-third from last year's levels, government pay czar Kenneth Feinberg said.

Insurers have secured key changes in financial services reform legislation easing a proposed financial requirement for large firms and eliminating tighter regulation of financial product sales.

The Hartford has announced that it plans to repay the $3.4 billion it borrowed from the Treasury last year under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.