Government Shutdown

Congress Averts Shutdown, Passes a Five Month $1.1 Trillion Spending Package

By Eric Pianin

GOP and Democratic negotiators struck a final deal over the weekend for a roughly $1.1 trillion spending package to carry the government through the remainder of the fiscal year – a plan that...
Renewed Fight Over Obamacare Could Prompt Government Shutdown

By Eric Pianin

The bitter partisan warfare over health care reform intensified on Thursday when congressional Democrats threatened to shut down the government this weekend if House Republicans try to move forward...
12 Reasons Another Government Shutdown Would Hurt the Country

By Eric Pianin

The last time the federal government was shut down nearly four years ago, hundreds of adults and children were temporarily denied access to National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancer clinical trials...
Can Trump’s Wall Really Pay for Itself Over 10 Years?

By Rob Garver

The original plan for President Trump’s border wall, repeated ad nauseam on the campaign trail, was that it would be paid for by Mexico. On Sunday, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated a...
Trump Pushes Congress to the Wall to Avoid a Government Shutdown

By Rob Garver

The already-complicated effort to avert a government shutdown on April 29 is taking on another layer of complexity, with the White House demanding that any spending measure that funds the federal...

Why You Might Not Get Your Tax Refund on Time This Year

By Rob Garver

Every year, millions of Americans anxiously await the annual infusion of cash from the Internal Revenue Service when it pays back excess withholding from the previous year. However, according to the...
After Their Break, Congress Will Have 4 Days to Avoid a Shutdown

By Eric Pianin and Rob Garver

When members of the House of Representatives return to Washington from a nearly three-week break at the end of the month, they will have left themselves just four legislative days to come to some...
Trump Hands Democrats Another Reason to Shut Down the Government

By Rob Garver

With representatives of both major parties making optimistic noises about their ability to come together on a bill that would allow the government to remain open once the current temporary spending...
The Clock Is Ticking on a Government Shutdown: 5 Things You Need to Know

By Rob Garver

As Congress prepares to leave town for another break, the Senate has been focused on the effort to confirm (or deny) Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court. The GOP House is desperate to show...
Why Another Government Shutdown Is Suddenly in the Cards

By Rob Garver

The clock is already ticking on the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s next showdown with recalcitrant Republican lawmakers.

More Punting Ahead for House GOP on DHS Spending

By Eric Pianin

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) may have best described the deadlock over a vital $40 billion Homeland Security spending bill by calling it “like living in the world of the crazy people.” “People think we’re...
McConnell Comes Up with a New Anti-Shutdown Tactic

By Eric Pianin

In the past, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has repeatedly stepped in at the last minute to help President Obama and the majority Democrats in the Senate break a political impasse and avert a budgetary...
GOP Doesn't Blink on DHS Funding After Judge Bars Immigration Order

By Rob Garver

Faced with a potential face-saving way out of the emerging crisis over funding the Department of Homeland Security, Republican leaders in Congress showed no interested in taking it on Tuesday,...
Public to Blame Republicans if DHS Shuts down

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

If funding for the Department of Homeland Security runs out at the end of February, the majority of Americans are prepared to blame Congressional Republicans who have held back funding because of the...
Obama Tells Disgruntled Dems to Buck Up Over CRomnibus Bill

By Eric Pianin and Rob Garver

President Obama told Democrats upset about the compromises in yesterday’s House-passed spending bill that they need to get used to the idea of living with a GOP-controlled Congress. Meanwhile, the...

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