Government Shutdown

News

John Boehner says government shutdown was ‘a very predictable disaster’

Tim Mak -

January 24, 2014 12:00 am

President Obama signs the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September, in Washington on Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Politics

Obama signs $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill

Meghashyam Mali -

January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Bill Maher: Chris Christie just like Miley Cyrus, scandal will make him a bigger star

Melissa Quinn -

January 15, 2014 9:46 pm

Americans think that health care is the No. 1 problem the government should be working on today â but aren't confident that the federal government can handle it. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Poll: Americans see health care as the top problem

Joseph Lawler -

January 2, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 19 photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes questions as he briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington. Veterans groups are fighting part of the new budget deal signed into law Dec. 20 that curbs annual pension increases for military retirees under age 62. After a barrage of protests from the military community, lawmakers said they'll review the cut next year and possibly reverse it.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Year-end pundit atonement: Where I was wrong in 2013

Timothy P. Carney -

December 31, 2013 5:00 am

2013 Highlights: Budget fights

Elliot Smilowitz, Meghana Kurup -

December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Ted Cruz surprises reporter for blaming the government shutdown on Obama

Charlie Spiering -

December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow states to define marriage however they see fit, even as gay rights proponents push legal challenges to traditional marriage laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Columnists

Washington’s three most irrational arguments in 2013

Timothy P. Carney -

December 28, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner urged Republican colleagues to remain flexible in negotiations to avert a potential governmental shutdown.

Best of 2013: The gang of conservatives who forced John Boehner’s hand on the shutdown

Susan Ferrechio -

December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Senate

Why Mitch McConnell opposed the budget deal needed to keep the government open

David M. Drucker -

December 19, 2013 5:00 am

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