Government Shutdown

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October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The agreement on the table now means the Republicans will have taken a risky political stance, suffered…
October 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both President Barack Obama and the top Democrat in Congress reported progress Monday toward a deal to…
October 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Tea Party and conservatives have been criticized for years for conflating President Obama and the Muslim…
October 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday…
October 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) commented on President Barack Obama's handling of the government shutdown, saying the…
October 12, 2013
America's oldest full-time park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, has been extremely upset at being forced to leave work because Republicans…
October 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The government shutdown is going in it's second week -meanwhile, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama…
October 11, 2013
OPINION - A slew of new polls setting off alarms around Washington suggest that for Republicans, shutting down the government…
October 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits under legislation President Barack Obama signed…
October 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) interrupted President Obama multiple times when he was answering her question related…
October 10, 2013
OPINION - The government shutdown in full effect, and not much is getting done in Washington these days...
October 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is inviting Republican lawmakers to the White House in the coming days as pressure…
October 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The federal government shutdown is entering its ninth day today and Americans from all walks of life…
October 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Sean 'Diddy' Combs is socially active, without seeming to be specifically politically vocal. Yet, while announcing his…
October 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the…
October 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama used a Tuesday press conference to bluntly and repeatedly reiterate his core position on the…
October 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now in its second week, the partial government shutdown has taken its toll on the White House,…
October 8, 2013
NBC NEWS - Keeping up the pressure on the GOP, President Obama called a press conference Tuesday to again call…
October 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow…
October 8, 2013
NBC NEWS - President Barack Obama called Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Tuesday to again tell the top House Republican…