Tag: Government Shutdown

Under current law, funds to finance the president's executive action are covered by user fees paid directly to immigration agencies and are not appropriated by Congress, according to House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

‘Power of the purse’ won’t work against Obama’s immigration move

David M. Drucker · November 24, 2014 10:00 am

Collision Ahead

Michael Warren · November 24, 2014 5:00 am

Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., leaves a closed-door Republican strategy session dealing with the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eager to avoid shutdown repeat, Republicans begin to take funding fight off the table

Susan Ferrechio · November 20, 2014 5:53 pm

Government shutdown? GOP has a better strategy

Byron York · November 17, 2014 11:37 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks to reporters after a news conference on Capitol Hill, February 6, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Sen. Mike Lee: No government shutdown over immigration executive action

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 4:58 pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner, from left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have pledged in recent days that the government would not shut down. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., wants Congress to pass a short-term funding bill that strips out money for executive action. (AP Photos)

GOP facing internal fight over government funding

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:00 am

"Our goal here is to stop the president from violating his own oath of office and violating the Constitution," said Boehner. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner: I’ll fight Obama ‘tooth and nail’ on immigration

Sean Lengell · November 13, 2014 11:21 pm

"There is no possibility of a government shutdown. Remember me? I'm the guy that gets us out of government shutdowns," McConnell said in an interview published by Time . (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

McConnell’s promise: ‘There is no possibility of a government shutdown’

Joseph Lawler · November 5, 2014 2:52 pm

As New York Goes . . .

John McCormack · November 3, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

Obama signs short-term funding bill

Brian Hughes · September 19, 2014 9:16 pm

American's now view the Democratic and Republican parties similarly, according to a new Gallup survey. (iStock Photo)

GOP favorability rating rebounds

Kelly Cohen · September 18, 2014 12:18 pm

The Obama administration officially backed Wednesday a continuing resolution to keep the government funded this fall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A rare moment of agreement between the White House and GOP

Brian Hughes · September 17, 2014 6:49 pm