Articles filed under Politics
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Boehner says he doesn’t have votes for clean debt limit billOct 06, 2013 11:14 am - U.S. Speaker John Boehner said the House can’t pass an increase to the U.S. debt ceiling without packaging it with other provisions – a nonstarter for President Barack O...
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Editorial: Is a public pension compromise at hand?Oct 06, 2013 5:00 am - There was a bit of a buzz at the end of last week that at long last a compromise solution was at hand to the public pension crisis that looms over Illinois. “We’re insid...
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How the impasses in Washington might play outOct 05, 2013 10:33 pm - WASHINGTON — Key lawmakers and aides on Capitol Hill say they don’t know how the battles over funding the government and increasing the nation’s debt limit might be reso...
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GOP strategy leaves longtime donors ‘totally annoyed’Oct 05, 2013 9:40 pm - WASHINGTON — Veteran Republican fundraisers are increasingly alarmed by the defiant stance of hard-line conservatives amid the federal government shutdown, raising fears...
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Shutdown: Who’s back to work, or will get paid not toOct 05, 2013 7:44 pm - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Saturday that it would order almost all of its 350,000 civilian employees furloughed by the government shutdown back to work this wee...
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One view: Shutdown stems from GOP’s civil warOct 05, 2013 7:37 pm - We’re used to brinkmanship in Washington resulting from conflict between Democrats and Republicans. But this shutdown is different. It’s a fight between Republicans and ...
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One view: Shutdown’s roots lie in deeply divided American politicsOct 05, 2013 7:31 pm - The government shutdown did not happen by accident. It is the latest manifestation — an extreme one by any measure — of divisions long in the making and now deeply embed...
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Second Tea Party-backed lawmaker backs off health care fightOct 05, 2013 4:13 pm - WASHINGTON — A second House Republican with ties to the limited-government tea party movement said he’s willing to support a spending deal that doesn’t include dismantli...
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Pentagon: 90% of furloughed civilians ordered backOct 05, 2013 3:32 pm - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is bringing back to work at least 90 percent of the estimated 350,000 defense civilian employees who were furloughed in the partial government ...
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Analysis: US reliability questioned overseasOct 05, 2013 10:47 am - Associated Press An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a ...