Senator Portman floats ideas to solve budget impasse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Rob Portman on Monday was circulating a plan to cut federal spending and reform the U.S. tax code as part of a broader plan to reopen shuttered government agencies and provide the Treasury Department with more …
Hoyer: Democrats stumped by flurry of Republican demands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even if Democrats were willing to negotiate over reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling, they wouldn’t know where to start because of confusing signals from Republicans, the second-ranking Democrat in the House of …
Obama says he expects Congress will raise debt ceiling before deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said he does not expect to have to take any unusual steps to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt because he believes Congress will raise the debt ceiling before a looming October 17 deadli…
Supreme Court again takes no action on climate change cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court Monday took no action for the second week running over whether it plans to undertake a potentially wide-ranging legal review of the Obama administration’s first wave of regulations aimed at tackling climate chan…
Justices seek Obama administration views in medical device case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday sought the legal views of the Obama administration in a medical device manufacturer’s appeal of a ruling that the company can be sued by a man who was left paralyzed after using one of its products.
Former teacher holds lead in Boston mayor’s race
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former school teacher turned city councilman is leading in the race to become Boston’s next mayor, though his rival, a state representative with strong ties to the labor movement, is closing in, according to a Boston Herald/Suffolk…
Pivotal campaign finance case on U.S. high court docket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will this week step into the politically charged debate over campaign finance for the first time since its controversial ruling three years ago paved the way for corporations and unions to spend more on pol…
Iran a year or more from nuclear weapon capability: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran is a year or a more away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released on Saturday, although he described the estimate …
Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won’t negotiate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a “serious conversation” about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibi…
U.S. Republicans will not pass ‘clean’ debt-limit increase: Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is “no way” Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation’s debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending.
