House GOP Plans to Pass Bills to Reopen National Parks, Resume VA Claims Processing, Keep DC Municipal Employees On the Job
Ball will be in the Senate's court, as usual
Ball will be in the Senate's court, as usual
Shutdown spectacular!
Why should a government shutdown stop them from visiting?
Wasn't a fan of the strategy used by his colleague from Texas
First shutdown in 17 years began at midnight
The tax has been a bipartisan sore point for a while
Wrote "None of this is fair to you," in letter to workers
"The inconvenient truth for the GOP is that 'defunding Obamacare,' as the House tried to do, wouldn't stop most of the major provisions of the healthcare law, some of which have already gone into effect."
Military service members will still get paid
"...we will not go to conference with a gun to our head."
Boehner and the GOP may well be "anarchists" and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show.
Some investors worried about how long the shutdown will last
Defense Department to put 400,000 civilian workers on unpaid leave
Government has partially shut down
Wrap it up and go home (unless you have a job with a gun)
"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
Discussion about enforcement as more states decriminalize or legalize scheduled for Wednesday
Why the looming shutdown is a boon for the Republicans.
Unsurprising, but they use everything as a fundraiser anyway