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Former US Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti dies at 87
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer U.S. Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti, who investigated President Jimmy Carter’s...
Shutdowns are tools. That's why Democratic and Republican parties love them | David Moon
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoAs any high school civics student should be able to explain, the U.S. Congress is required to pass a...
The debt ceiling crisis is intentional | David Moon
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe U.S. regularly faces a “debt ceiling crisis” because our elected officials would rather make a point than make a difference. Members of both parties...
What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe federal government neared its third shutdown in 10 years before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy...
A history of government shutdowns: 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWashington — Congress appears to be barreling toward another government shutdown, with Republicans...
Congress once again flirts with a government shutdown. Here’s why it keeps happening.
Yahoo News· 1 month agoSince September, the U.S. government has faced a partial shutdown fives times. The Senate had about...
‘We Put in Air Conditionin’, Stayed Year-Round, and Ruined America’
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMembers of Congress are rarely accused of being early adopters, though one technology has proven to...
A government shutdown is just hours away. What does it mean, who’s affected and what’s next?
WFXT via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The government is headed toward a shutdown this weekend that would disrupt many...
It's Government Shutdown Theater, Again
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBethel7019 | Dreamstime.com Asked if we should expect a shutdown of the federal government, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says "no" and points out...
Countdown to Chaos: The Harsh Reality of the Coming Government Shutdown on Oct. 1
InvestorPlace via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoA potential federal government shutdown looms as current funding expires on Sept. 30. Without agreement on extending spending, federal agencies may halt operations until new legislation is passed ...
