The Senate was poised for a crucial vote to temporarily restore long-term unemployment insurance on Tuesday, despite arctic conditions preventing some legislators from making it to Capitol Hill.
Showing posts with label federal spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label federal spending. Show all posts
1/08/2014
12/12/2013
Budget deal reached, government shutdown averted
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic, last-minute agreement just before a midnight deadline to slash about $38 billion in federal spending and avert the first federal government shutdown in 15 years.
1/04/2013
Goodbye fiscal cliff, hello debt ceiling: Another deadline with a colorful name threatening US
WASHINGTON: Even as President Barack Obama prepares to sign the hard-won tax deal that Congress passed Tuesday, another manufactured deadline with a colorful name is threatening to hamstring the government and undermine the economy.
Goodbye, fiscal cliff. Hello, debt ceiling.
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