Government Shutdown

(AP) — The Obama administration, scrambling to tamp down a controversy over suspended death benefits for the families of fallen troops, announced Wednesday that a charity would pick up the costs of the payments during the government shutdown. “The Fisher House Foundation will provide the families of the fallen with the benefits they so r ...

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Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by. A spokesman said Senate ...

(CNN) -- The federal government may not be hit with a double whammy on top of the ongoing shutdown, as House Speaker...

(AP) — Having failed to persuade their traditional Republican allies in Congress to avert a government shutdown, business leaders fear bigger problems ahead, and they’re taking sides with a Democratic president whose health care and regulatory agenda they have vigorously opposed. President Barack Obama is embracing the business outreach, ...

What does the government shutdown mean for the average person's wallet? That is the golden question on the minds of consumers from Washington,...

(CNN) -- Furloughed workers. Shuttered offices. Lost pay. By now, we know well the awful mess we're in due to the government...

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT James S. Brady Press Briefing Room ****** PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Of all the responsibilities the Constitution endows to Congress, two should be fairly simple: pass a budget, and pay America’s bills. But if the United States Congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, ...

(AP) — Moving closer to the brink of a government shutdown, House Republicans vowed Thursday they won’t simply accept the stopgap legislation that is likely to remain after Senate Democrats strip away a plan to dismantle President Barack Obama‘s health care law. A sense of confusion settled over the House, both over how to avoid a ...