White House

Budget Battles

  • Huge GOP Misread on How Voters Feel About Shutdown

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    House Republicans claim the American people oppose both a shutdown and Obamacare. "The American people don't want the government shut down, and they don't want Obamacare," House Speaker John Boehner...

  • U.S. Government Is Closed Until Further Notice

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

    This government shutdown has been brewing for three years – and now it’s happening. The 2010 election set the wheels in motion when Republicans gained control of the House, while President Obama and...

  • House Takes Last Shot at Obamacare before Shutdown

    By LORI MONTGOMERY and PAUL KANE, The Washington Post

    The United States government moved to the verge of its first federal government shutdown in nearly two decades Monday night when the House passed a stopgap spending bill that takes aim at President...

  • Harry Reid Government Shutdown Countdown

    Shutdown Drama Takes Ugly Turn as Senate Nixes CR

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    The Senate wasted no time Monday afternoon in rejecting the latest House offer to keep the government operating through Dec. 15 in return for delaying Obamacare and killing a new tax that helps to...

  • The Shocking Cost to Taxpayers of a Shutdown

    By David Francis

    Berlin - The adverse economic impact of a U.S. government shutdown was apparent in Europe today, as major European indexes traded lower because of the impending government shutdown in the U.S. and...