Sep 30 Live: House Minority Leader Pelosi on looming shutdown, 3 p.m. ET .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }… Continue reading
Sep 30 #shutdown BREAKING: Shutdown looming, Senate rejects conditions imposed by House GOP on temporary spending bill.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 30 Reid on shutdown: "We're not going anyplace" .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } With fewer than 10 hours… Continue reading
Sep 30 #shutdown MORE: Obama says he's not resigned to government shutdown as he plans to speak to congressional leaders: http://t.co/qNWok5Thpv -RD— The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 30 Health Care Law goes live Tuesday, despite glitches and critics Photo by John Moore/Getty Images WASHINGTON (AP) -- Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama's health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now comes the ultimate test:… Continue reading
Sep 30 While House lawmakers huddle on options, Dems remember ghosts of Christmas past .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } With the Senate poised… Continue reading
Sep 30 Justice Dept. to sue NC for alleged racial discrimination at the voting booth By News Desk .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Attorney General Eric Holder announced… Continue reading
Sep 30 We're closed? How government shutdowns came to be Photo by Flickr user khawkins04 WASHINGTON -- OK, gridlocked politicians we're used to. But why padlock the Statue of Liberty? You don't see other democracies shuttering landmarks and sending civil servants home just because their political parties can't… Continue reading
Sep 30 #shutdown During a #shutdown, all vehicle, pedestrian & bike paths into the Zoo will be closed. None of our live animal cams will be broadcast.— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) September 30, 2013 The National Zoo reports that… Continue reading
Sep 30 PHOTO: DC shops prepare for a possible government shutdown Huffington Post political editor and White House Correspondent Sam Stein shared this picture of a store in Washington, D.C., preparing for a possible government shutdown. DC stores already advertising for a shutdown pic.twitter.com/tpKd5Hynaq— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) September… Continue reading