Tag: Government Shutdown

The effort, led by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi and bipartisan interlocutors, is not an attempt to reach a grand bargain or solve any of the fiscal problems that face the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Return to supercommittee mulled in Senate

Joseph Lawler · July 17, 2016 4:01 am

"No member of even the House and Senate knew what was going on ... We heard from lobbyists," said Sen. Jeff Session, R-Ala. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sessions: Omnibus bill decided by four members in secret

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2015 2:40 am

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Congress can rein in NLRB by withholding funds

Trey Kovacs · December 9, 2015 2:55 pm

"In order for us to support the omnibus bill, the poison pill riders must go," Pelosi said in the memo. (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Spending bill stalls in Congress days before funding deadline

Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2015 11:13 pm

"Now I've got two big issues remaining; expiring tax provisions in the tax code, obviously funding the government, and that's what we're working on this week," Paul Ryan told a local radio station Monday. (AP Photo)

Ryan: Congress may need an extension on funding bill

Pete Kasperowicz · December 7, 2015 9:07 pm

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., right, next to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., center, takes a microphone from Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, before speaking after attending Friday prayers at Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, Va. on Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats visit mosque to show solidarity

Robert King · December 4, 2015 9:31 pm

White House threatens shutdown to stop GOP policies

Pete Kasperowicz · December 3, 2015 8:53 pm

Obama said he only signed the current law in October to give lawmakers time to work out a long-term budget deal. (AP file photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House: Obama won’t sign another short-term spending bill

Nicole Duran · December 2, 2015 7:45 pm

Congress will also have an easier time passing appropriations measures thanks to a deal cut by former House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama that set spending caps for fiscal 2016 and 2017.

Omnibus bills may be headed for extinction in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

GOP hopes to shed ‘shutdown’ label with budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · November 3, 2015 5:01 am

What would Chris Christie do in a government shutdown?

Ryan Lovelace · October 19, 2015 3:34 pm

President Obama pauses during a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Congress needs to stop flirting with a shutdown

Barbara Boland · October 3, 2015 3:05 pm