Day: April 10, 2011

Rivals in a divided government, President Barack Obama and the most powerful Republican in Congress split their differences to stave off a federal shutdown that

There was barely an hour left before the midnight padlocking of government doors. In a Capitol basement meeting room, House Speaker John Boehner was telling

A collective sense of relief resonated across the nation Saturday, now that a federal government shutdown is merely a thought of what could have been.