Government Shutdown

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October 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold have offered up to $10 million in emergency funding to the National…
October 7, 2013
NBC NEWS - President Barack Obama again pressured House Republicans to put a 'clean' government spending bill up for a…
October 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions…
October 7, 2013
ANALYSIS - The government shutdown will enter its seventh day on Monday, with no obvious end in sight...
October 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The justices take the bench Monday for the start of their new term with important cases about…
October 6, 2013
NBC Sports - We’re going to have to wait a little longer before Donte Hitner takes the field in an…
October 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), a member of the Tea Party caucus, joined Craig Melvin on MSNBC Saturday…
October 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday he sees no way out of the government shutdown unless President…
October 5, 2013
NBC News - The House on Saturday unanimously approved legislation to provide retroactive pay for furloughed federal workers after the…
October 5, 2013
Associated Press - Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't…
October 4, 2013
VIDEO - Senate chaplain, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black has emerged as the voice of conscience during the government shutdown...
October 3, 2013
OCKVILLE, Maryland (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Republican leader of the House is the only thing standing in…
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The government shutdown has reached its third day now and seems headed for many more. Here's why...
October 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with theGrio, singer/actress Alicia Keys discusses the government shut down and expresses support for…
October 3, 2013
OPINION - In some ways, conservatives' die-hard opposition to the law they derisively named 'Obamacare' (a name picked up by…
October 3, 2013
OPINION - Head Start is on the chopping block? Is nothing sacred?...
October 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Business leaders are taking sides with Democratic President Barack Obama after failing to persuade their traditional Republican…
October 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The roiling debate over the U.S. government shutdown is extending to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as fed-up…
October 2, 2013
OPINION - At some point the entire BS that is the government shutdown sinks in and we have to deal…
October 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Republican says he senses that increasing numbers of House Republicans — perhaps as many…