Late Monday, as the government neared a midnight deadline triggering a shutdown, the House voted to appoint conferees to negotiate a solution to the funding crisis. These conferees would form the House contingent of a “conference committee” of Reps and
Though the media and the Democrats are describing the hours-old partial federal government shutdown as if Republicans can be expected to cave on their positions at any moment, it is far more likely that the shutdown will continue through the
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) tweeted out a photo at 12:09 AM EST showing the Obamcare exchanges website was down, nine minutes after various federal government offices shut down and the Affordable Care Act exchanges went into effect. It’s 12:09 a.m.
Six hours before President Barack Obama ordered government agencies to begin shutting down, the Democratic Party sent out a fundraising e-mail sign by the president: When I make decisions, I think about people like you, and the millions of Americans
The federal government will officially shut down after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a short-term resolution to fund the government by midnight Monday, when the current funding resolution expired. After the U.S. Senate rejected a bill which would
The federal government has had three and a half years to build its Obamacare insurance exchanges, yet just nine states will have fully functioning exchanges tomorrow upon Obamacare’s national grand opening, reports the Washington Post. “With the launch deadline mere
On Monday, the House announced that it would pass a third Continuing Resolution to keep government open past Monday’s midnight deadline. The announcement came soon after the Senate rejected the House CR that would delay ObamaCare for one year. The
(AP) Senate clears bill to pay military in shutdownBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate has adopted a bill to pay members of the military in case the government shuts down. The unanimous voice vote Monday sends the legislation to the White
Former President Bill Clinton recently parroted a line that President Barack Obama likes to drag out whenever the debt ceiling deadline looms–that Congress must “pay its bills.” It is one of the most cynical and insidious lies in American politics
UPDATE: The House voted 231-192 to keep the government open and delay Obamacare. Harry Reid has said that the Senate will reject the measure. ** On Saturday, House GOP Leadership announced plans to take up the Senate stop-gap spending bill and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled four votes Friday afternoon to complete the Senate’s work on the Continuing Resolution. Once the Senate passes the CR and sends it back to the House, Senators will leave DC for the weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) dismissed reports that as the Obamacare implementation deadline looms, businesses in the United States are cutting hours for more employees or going through rounds of layoffs. When asked by Breitbart News how these businesses
Michael Douglas got into the spirit of Liberace’s private life while accepting his Emmy for the HBO film Behind the Candelabra Sunday night. Douglas played the flamboyant, and closeted, entertainer in the HBO biopic, and when he won the Emmy for
The Obama administration proposed new regulations on Friday that would limit carbon pollution from new power plants. According to the Associated Press: The proposal, which would set the first national limits on heat-trapping pollution from future power plants, is intended to help reshape where
Another Obamacare deadline is looming, this time for individuals who hire part-time workers to do domestic work at a residence. The New York based certified public accounting firm Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP (MWE) notified its clients recently: We are
In October the personal account of the Benghazi attacks by Sergeant Morgan Jones will be published by Simon & Schuster, but before that happens the book has already been optioned for a movie. The book, The Embassy House, The Explosive
Thursday’s Los Angeles Times reports that the very first deadline created under the U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons has already hit a snag. This weekend, Syria is expected to submit a full inventory of its chemical weapons and
By NAHAL TOOSIAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops amid
Teachers in Kenosha, Wisconsin have voted to decertify their union, putting a halt to the organization’s ability to bargain with the state on behalf of educators. Kenosha teachers took advantage of the opportunity to jettison the union after Governor Scott
(AP) Voters slam Weiner, Spitzer comebacksBy JONATHAN LEMIRE and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressNEW YORKIt was perhaps a fitting end to an Anthony Weiner mayoral run that couldn’t seem to escape a sexting scandal.Outside a “victory” party where supporters mourned a disappointing
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein The fifth anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers is generating a lot of comment, mostly of the sort that blames the largest banks for
(AP) Ortiz leads Red Sox to 20-4 romp over TigersBy JIMMY GOLENAP Sports WriterBOSTONOne after another, the baseballs cleared the fences at Fenway Park _ a franchise record-tying eight home runs in all for the Boston Red Sox. And David
President Barack Obama’s plan to conduct punishing military strikes on Syria passed its first congressional hurdle Wednesday, paving the way for full Senate debate on the use of force. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed an amended resolution 10-7, with
Wars even when won are losers for the economy, and in a weakened economy a bigger loser. September and October 2013 are huge months with lots of deadlines: Debt ceiling Obamacare Syria Budget deadline Benghazi, fast and furious, IRS, NSA
While California desperately tries to keep film and TV production in-state, Hollywood’s production companies are raking in the dough elsewhere. Michigan’s film office has announced it will offer $35 million to Warner brothers for shooting parts of Man of Steel
