In withering day-after criticism, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that the 16-day partial government shutdown was a Republican-provoked spectacle that “encouraged our enemies” around the
With most of the government workforce back on the job and Uncle Sam able to borrow what it needs to pay bills for the next
Congressional budget negotiators aren’t guaranteeing success as they begin talks aimed at solving the nation’s budget problems. Republican and Democratic leaders of a joint House-Senate
The dust still hasn’t settled from the debacle that kept the government closed for 16 days and drove the nation to the brink of financial
The government reopened its doors Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility of
Congress’ debt-and-spending breakthrough crystalized a political contradiction. House Republicans refuse to let their supposed leader, Speaker John Boehner, steer them toward big policy decisions, leaving
Republicans eyeing possible White House bids in 2016 largely opposed a bill in Congress to avert a default and end a 16-day partial government