U.S. Congress plans last-minute votes to avert default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers were poised to vote late Wednesday on a bipartisan 11th-hour Senate deal to break the fiscal impasse in Washington and avert a historic debt default.
U.S. farm bill negotiators may begin work next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House and Senate negotiators could meet for the first time next week to work on the new $500 billion U.S. farm bill, more than a year past due and repeatedly delayed by House Republican plans for steep cuts in food stamps for the…
Boehner: U.S. House Republicans will not block Senate fiscal plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner said on Wednesday that his chamber will not block the Senate plan to end the government shutdown and raise the federal debt.
Conservative group urges ‘no’ vote on deal to end U.S. shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group that backs lower government spending, urged the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday to vote “no” on a bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit and end the federa…
Maine governor takes hard-nosed approach to federal shutdown
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – Maine Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, took a novel approach to the partial federal government shutdown instigated by conservative members his own party, citing it as proof states “cannot count on the federal government to…
U.S. Senate likely to vote Wednesday on fiscal deal: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is expected to vote later on Wednesday on legislation to increase the nation’s borrowing limit and fund government agencies, a Senate Democratic leadership aide said.
American wallets tighten up in government shutdown
DETROIT/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A deal over the U.S. budget crisis and government shutdown cannot come soon enough for many companies.
Defiant Cruz rails against U.S. fiscal deal, but won’t delay it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A defiant Senator Ted Cruz railed against a bipartisan U.S. Senate deal to lift the federal debt limit and reopen the government on Wednesday, but said he would not try to block or delay its passage.
White House: health law change in budget deal is modest adjustment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday defended the inclusion of a change to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in the proposed Senate budget deal as a modest adjustment, rather than a concession that the administration was making to …
Obama may be able to sign deal later on Wednesday: aides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic-led Senate are expected to approve on Wednesday a bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit and end federal shutdown, clearing the way for President Obama to sign it i…
