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October 18, 2013

The Tea Party isn’t over: Why crisis politics is here to stay

OPINION - With the government reopened and a deal to avert a debt default in hand, some in Washington are…
October 17, 2013

White House: Furloughed workers can return to work

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration changed the government's status to 'open' early Thursday, more than two weeks after a…
October 16, 2013

Obama’s big triumph on the shutdown, debt ceiling

ANALYSIS - if the country, congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats and President Obama all suffered from this 16-day impasse, the Republicans…
October 16, 2013

John Boehner admits ‘we just didn’t win’ budget fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress raced Wednesday to approve a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. default and reopen the federal…
October 16, 2013

In D.C., furloughed workers hope shutdown’s end means a return to normal

theGRIO REPORT - For some 800,000 federal employees, along with an unknown number of federal contractors, subcontractors and their employees,…
October 16, 2013

US Senate reaches deal to avoid default, end shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after…
October 15, 2013

America held hostage: From Somali pirates to House Republicans

OPINION - Like some of their Somali analogues, the Republicans have been ignorant about how to navigate the government shutdown...
October 15, 2013

In emerging fiscal deal, Republicans on verge of conceding to Obama

theGRIO REPORT - The agreement on the table now means the Republicans will have taken a risky political stance, suffered…
October 14, 2013

Obama calls White House meeting on default threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both President Barack Obama and the top Democrat in Congress reported progress Monday toward a deal to…
October 12, 2013

92-year-old woman furloughed: America’s oldest full-time park ranger has words for Congress on shutdown

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

Could Republicans really lose the House?

OPINION - A slew of new polls setting off alarms around Washington suggest that for Republicans, shutting down the government…
October 11, 2013

NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP

NBC NEWS - The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff...
October 10, 2013

Boehner to ask House Republicans for short debt increase

WASHINGTON (AP) — House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will ask Republicans to approve a short-term extension of the U.S.…
October 9, 2013

Obama invites Republicans to White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is inviting Republican lawmakers to the White House in the coming days as pressure…
October 9, 2013

Poll: No heroes in shutdown, GOP gets most blame

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and lawmakers must rise above their incessant bickering and do more to end the…
October 9, 2013

Obama plans to talk to GOP again on shutdown, debt

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the…
October 9, 2013

How Obama is helping a future President Clinton or Christie

ANALYSIS - The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president's health care law, has turned into a…
October 8, 2013

Obama to Republicans: ‘I’m not budging’

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama used a Tuesday press conference to bluntly and repeatedly reiterate his core position on the…
October 8, 2013

Obama to GOP: Stop ‘forcing’ John Boehner to make threats against economy

NBC NEWS - Keeping up the pressure on the GOP, President Obama called a press conference Tuesday to again call…
October 7, 2013

Obama to Boehner: 'Hold a vote. Call a vote right now. Let's see what happens'

NBC NEWS - President Barack Obama again pressured House Republicans to put a 'clean' government spending bill up for a…