Speaking about Congress narrowly averting the shutdown, President Obama said on Wednesday, “The good news is, it looks like the Republicans will just barely avoid shutting down the government - for the second time in two years, that's a somewhat low bar - but we should celebrate where we ...
Arizona Senator John McCain was an outspoken critic of the 16-day October 2013 federal-government shutdown, vowing after it was over that it wouldn't happen again. Seems he's had a change of heart: he told NPR that he would support holding the 2016 federal-spending bill hostage over this...
Almost immediately after congressional Republicans shut down the federal government last week, GOP lawmakers seized on a memorial for World War II veterans as a keypolitical touchstone-- the right was outraged that their shutdown had closed a memorial they liked. There are, however, some other ve...
The six-month bill will maintain the topline funding level of $1.047 trillion, Reid said, announcing as well that a vote on the extension is likely for early September. The agreement allows lawmakers to avoid the specter of a shutdown with just weeks to go until Election Day, a motivating...