Reid Rejects Offer From Republicans in the House To Appoint Funding Conferees
Government has partially shut down
Government has partially shut down
"We will not go to conference until we get a clean" bill - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
House Republicans want Senate Democrats to join them in a conference committee - because Congressional committees always work out so well
This one would require president and high-level officials to use Obamacare for health coverage
A party-line vote. Now shutdown looms.
Government shutdown kicks in at midnight without a deal being reached
Lawmakers have yet to come up with a spending deal that will avert a shutdown
Accuses Republicans of grandstanding
Democrats helped create the situation, now they blame GOP "anarchists."
GOP currently expected to keep control of the House
Nairobi Mall attack the latest example
But are divided on what policy would work best
Republicans should focus on entitlement cuts, not P.R. stunts.
Don't believe what you read in The New York Times
Concerned about authenticity
And then claimed members didn't want to attend
Phil Gingrey's also running for senate
Would prohibit federal discrimination against religious groups and churches that prefer the whole one man, one woman deal
Despite mass shootings in the last year gun control legislation has not been passed by lawmakers
The president is now at odds with Congress and the public.
House Republicans still seeking documents
Obama and Rand Paul define the edges of the politics of Syria. But do the politics matter?
The public says Obama disappoints on transparency and that Congress passes too many laws. It's split on Snowden, trusts Facebook less than the IRS on privacy, and opposes a bailout for Detroit.
Have to wait for final rules, promised to work hard to make sure no one has a gap in coverage
Clay Shaw, 74, added work requirements to welfare rules in bipartisan effort with Clinton administration
Fiscal year's almost over
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