With four days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, looks at a countdown clock during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, where Senate Democratic leaders blamed conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to … Continue reading
Enlarge Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) of Ohio and House Republican leaders emerge from a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol Wednesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Not for the first time, the House GOP has an idea that has no chance of passing the Senate orPresident Obama‘s desk. It wants to avoid a government shutdown on … Continue reading
A homeless man begs for money in the Financial District in San Francisco, California March 28, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith (Reuters) – The number of U.S. residents living in poverty edged up to 46.5 million last year, the latest sign that an economic recovery marked by a stock market boom has not trickled down to … Continue reading
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