Senate Democrats reject negotiation ‘with gun to our head’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democrats late on Monday rejected a last-ditch proposal by House of Representatives Republicans to establish a negotiating panel to work out a deal on an emergency spending bill and quickly end a looming government shutdow…
For House Republicans, confrontation is safer than compromise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For most Republicans in the House of Representatives, the only greater peril than shutting down the federal government would have been fighting to keep it open.
Pentagon chief says shutdown hurts U.S. credibility with allies
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. government shutdown will undermine American credibility abroad and lead allies to question its commitment to treaty obligations, the U.S. defense chief warned on Tuesday as he prepared to put 400,000 civilian workers on unpai…
Obama warns Defense Department civilians of furloughs during shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told U.S. troops in a televised message that they will remain on “normal duty status” during a government shutdown that began on Tuesday, but warned civilian Defense Department employees of possible furloug…
Obama prepares for government shutdown, hopes for deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday prepared Americans for what he called an “entirely preventable” government shutdown while urging Republicans in Congress to reach an 11th-hour deal to avoid economic harm.
U.S. Senate again rejects House Republican spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the second time on Monday, the U.S. Senate rejected an emergency funding bill approved by the House of Representatives that would have made major changes to the Obamacare healthcare law.
House passes emergency funding bill despite veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led House of Representatives late on Monday approved another emergency funding bill that the Democratic-led Senate is certain to reject, moving the government closer to a Tuesday shutdown.
Senate panel unanimously backs Kennedy for Japan post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously backed Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, on Monday as President Barack Obama’s next U.S. ambassador to Japan, paving the way for what should …
Deadlocked Congress takes U.S. government to brink of shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress, still in partisan deadlock on Monday over Republican efforts to halt President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms, was on the verge of shutting down most of the U.S. government starting on Tuesday morning.
Obama prepares for government shutdown, hopes for deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday prepared Americans for what he called an “entirely preventable” government shutdown while urging Republicans in Congress to reach an 11th-hour deal to avoid economic harm.
