Tag: Government Shutdown

Beltway Confidential

18 great shutdown memes found on reddit

Ashe Schow · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Washington focuses on symbolism, not substance

Washington focuses on symbolism, not substance

Scott Rasmussen · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama presses John Boehner to ‘call a vote’ to end shutdown

Brian Hughes · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

From left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, arrive to announce to reporters that President Barack Obama has invited the top leaders in Congress to meet with him at the White House to seek a solution to the government shutdown crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Obama, Harry Reid must come down from their high horses

R. Emmett Tyrrell · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Fox News Wednesday that President Obama's fear-mongering on the national debt is making it harder to solve the nation's problems. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul serves lawmakers coffee for peace, finds little interest in getting along

Rebecca Berg · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Claude Moore Colonial Farm's website notes that the farm is closed because of the government shutdown. (1771.org)

Obama White House closing private businesses to add pain to government shutdown

Hans Bader · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB employees 99.3 percent nonessential

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

House Democrats' budget chief, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, approached moderate Republican Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and a few other lawmakers outside the House chamber to discuss joining forces against Republican conservatives who are using the budget fight to derail Obamacare. (AP Image)

House Democrats reach out to moderate Republicans on shutdown

Rebecca Berg · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

"We talked about that in those meetings. 'Let's fund the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs), let's fund the national parks,'" said Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C. "That idea was embraced in those meetings." (AP Photo)

House and Senate conservatives unite against everyone else

Rebecca Berg · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction on Thursday in Rockville, Md.ÃÂ President Obama either came out strongly against Big Labor, a key part of his political base, or he committed a stunning political gaffe during his speech.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Examiner Editorial: A modest proposal for compromise

Editorial Writer · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama and Senate Democrats seized on comments made by Rep. Marlin StutzmanÃÂ ThursdayÃÂ to accuse Republicans of using the government shutdown for political purposes, but even as Democrats mocked Stutzman, they indicated that they were taking a very similar position.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

Democrats blast Marlin Stutzman for shutdown comments, then take similar position

David M. Drucker · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary home at the White House with Washington in the midst of a government shutdown.ÃÂ (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Obamas staying in for 21st wedding anniversary

Meghashyam Mali · October 3, 2013 4:00 am