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Budget Battles

  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Senate Republicans Gain Crucial Support for Budget Vital to Tax Reform

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday gained crucial support for a vote on a budget resolution that is vital to President Donald Trump's hopes of signing sweeping tax reform...

  • CA Pension Costs at Critical Point

    By JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press

    It’s costing the state $3.4 million for each day that lawmakers fail to change the pension benefits and contribution levels for public employees, says a report by The Stanford Institute for Economic...

  • Booze Bill in PA Eases Regulations

    By MARC LEVY, Associated Press

    Republicans on the House Liquor Control Committee favor of a plan that would provide more options for people in Pennsylvania to buy wine and beer from private retailers.

  • Harrisburg Again Seeks Bankruptcy

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS

    The City Council has appealed a judge's decision to throw out the bankruptcy petition of Pennsylvania's debt-choked capital city, its attorney said. The appeal was filed Saturday in federal court,...

  • Coakley Lawsuit Could Set Back Housing Recovery

    By Liz Peek

    Martha Coakley is staging a one-woman crusade to squelch the housing recovery. Who’s Martha Coakley, you ask? She is the Massachusetts Attorney General who famously allowed Republican Scott Brown to...

  • The Ten Best Cities to Find a Job

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The latest statistics from the Labor Department reveal Fort Wayne, Akron and San Jose were the fastest growing areas for jobs over the past year. For those cities, a reviving automobile industry, the...