Oct 17 Shutdown ends, fiscal and political challenges remain Tourists visit the reopened Lincoln memorial Thursday morning. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images The federal government is back in business. Not long after midnight, President Barack Obama signed a short-term funding measure reopening federal agencies that had been… Continue reading
Oct 17 #emancipated Park Ranger Richard Trott cuts down the Closed signs outside the Lincoln Memorial.. it's open!! pic.twitter.com/CRf2ukPGlg— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) October 17, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 16 Federal employees to return to work on Thursday This message was just sent from the White House Press Office:… Continue reading
Oct 16 House and Senate pass last-minute funding bill to end shutdown, avoid default WASHINGTON -- Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama… Continue reading
Oct 16 Congress sends funding bill to President Obama BREAKING: Congress approves and sends to Obama bill to reopen government, avoid default.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 16 Five highlights of the bill to end the shutdown and fund the government The Senate is voting on the bipartisan bill to end the shutdown and and extend the debt limit right now. If the bill clears the Senate, it will go to the House for a vote. Here are some highlights of… Continue reading
Oct 16 Senate passes bill to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government, avoid default; measure heads to House.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2013 The vote was 81-18 in favor of passage. The bill now moves to the house. Continue reading
Oct 16 Senator Ted Cruz on the Senate floor: ‘This is a terrible deal’ Cruz is on the floor. "This is a terrible deal. This deal embodies everything about the Washington establishment that frustrates" people— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) October 16, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 16 Senate Democrats release details of the bipartisan bill to fund the government Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office just released this document outlining some of the basic numbers behind the bipartisan deal to end the shutdown. The document points out that the current deal funds the government at the same level Democrats… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch New Mexicans weigh slaughter of wild horses as solution to overpopulation New Mexicans weigh slaughter of wild horses as solution to overpopulation… Continue watching