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The partial shutdown of the federal government is on its third day, but the political fight is effectively over. The GOP has fought to a draw–and, as predicted, the shutdown is now part of a bigger, and more consequential, debt

(AP) Rep. Duffy of Wisconsin assaulted outside CapitolWASHINGTONA stranger screamed at and grabbed U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who has been a vocal advocate for delaying the rollout of the federal health care law, as he walked to the Capitol to

(AP) Gov. Brown signs bill giving immigrants licensesBy AMY TAXINAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill adding California to a growing list of states that will grant driver licenses to immigrants in the country illegally. Brown signed the

While House and Senate Republicans attempt to reopen specific federal agencies, Senate Democrats have formed a united block against what they call a “piecemeal” approach. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has slammed Republicans for trying to “cherry-pick” which parts of

Three funding measures failed to pass because of Democrat opposition in the House on Tuesday night that would have maintained veterans’ benefits, kept national monuments and other historic sites opened, and continued local funding for the District of Columbia.  As

Since the government shutdown, House and Senate Republicans have proposed restoring funding to specific agencies or government functions while the parties seek consensus on the larger issues. The House has proposed legislation to reopen the National Parks, the National Institutes

How bad is Obamacare? In July, President Obama himself unilaterally rewrote the law. Why? Because businesses started cutting hours, slashing benefits and reducing staff to avoid paying a hefty $3,000 per-employee penalty/fine/tax–whatever you want to call it–mandated by Obamacare. And

“One man gathers what another man spills.” The Grateful Dead The government shutdown is generating a lot of comment in the press about how the Republicans are somehow responsible for this latest fiscal crisis.  Nicholas Kristof of The New York

As the federal government enters day three of a partial shutdown, talk in Congress is turning increasingly to a “grand bargain” that would include entitlement and tax reform as a way to resolve the current fiscal impasse. Rep. Steve Stivers,

As Democrats take up immigration reform again, Justice for Immigrants, the group that is running the well-organized campaign for amnesty for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), will be rooting for many of the same politicians that support

The official website of the White House is now being used as a partisan outlet for Barack Obama to complain and attack GOP members of Congress for the government shutdown. When visiting the site, a pop-up window titled “Government Shutdown”

Asked on Wednesday about World War II veterans seeking to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., closed by order of the Obama administration, White House press secretary Jay Carney said, “We honor our World War II veterans…but

(AP) Shutdown gives Obama unlikely ally: big businessBy CHARLES BABINGTON and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONBusiness leaders are taking sides with Democratic President Barack Obama after failing to persuade their traditional Republican allies in Congress to avert a government shutdown. Obama, whose

(AP) Obama, lawmakers to hold meeting on shutdownBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday as a partial government shutdown entered a second day with little sign of a breakthrough to get hundreds

On October 1, in the wake of the federal government shutdown, a Florida business owner has announced the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s authority to delay the enactment of the so-called employer mandate provision of the

President Obama, as much as House Republicans, shut down the government. He is not willing to compromise on just about any issue, leaving the GOP with no other options. In 2008, Obama won 53 percent of the popular vote and