January US shutdown odds lessen as House GOP softens demands
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoUltra-conservatives in the U.S. House on Wednesday softened their demands for deep spending cuts to...
Carl Leubsdorf: Congress avoided shutdown but didn't solve big issues
The Beatrice Daily Sun· 2 weeks agoThe new House speaker, Mike Johnson, gave federal workers, U.S. troops and the American people a Thanksgiving and Christmas present: no government shutdown
Jackie Calmes: The GOP shutdown drama in Washington costs us plenty, even when Congress averts a...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 2 weeks agoWeary of the breathless cable coverage of looming government shutdowns or debt defaults, knowing the...
Power of the purse
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe local police catch them a few days later and place them into separate interrogation rooms. If Bonnie will rat out Clyde, they will release her with a...
Hard-right backtrack on spending levels leaves sour taste for colleagues
Washington Post· 2 days agoUnder a sweltering July heat outside the Capitol, members of the House Freedom Caucus devoted a...
Crockett says House Speaker Johnson’s ties to Trump could devastate Black Americans
theGrio· 6 days agoU.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is calling out former President Donald Trump as “the...
Bitter divides over spending put Congress on a fast track to another shutdown showdown
The Washington Times· 1 week agoCongress avoided a government shutdown before heading home for Thanksgiving but partisan divisions...
Hitchhiker’s Guide to how the Santos expulsion will amplify pressure on Democrats to deal with men
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHad the GOP failed, Democrats would have highlighted this roll call vote as a signature event to...
Opinion | The Painful, Depressing Reality of Why Congress Is So Dysfunctional
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNine months later he was out, ousted by the same crew for the unforgiveable sin of striking a compromise with Democrats to avoid an economically disastrous debt default and ...
Lee Rasch: Final Five Voting a solution to hyper partisanship
La Crosse Tribune· 2 days agoFew incumbent Democrats and Republicans had concerns about losing to the other party. In the debates...