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Stand Up, Shutdown: Congressional Republicans Violate Oath of Office
News Image: Before taking office, each member of Congress swears a simple, straightforward oath. It leaves little room for misinterpretation. They vow to support and defend the Constitution of the...
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Senate Dems Craft Debt Limit Hike as China Urges US Government to Get It...
News Image: Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to raise the nation's debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions that Republicans have said they intend to demand, officials said Monday,...
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Deweaponizing the Debt Ceiling to Cut Social Security
News Image: As the debt ceiling looms, the hostages keep mounting. Non-essential government and food stamps are just the beginning. Many worry that Social Security and Medicare — not just the...
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Shutdown Hangover: Craft Breweries Nursing Regulatory Headache While...
News Image: The federal government shutdown could leave America's craft brewers with a serious hangover. Stores will still offer plenty of suds. But the shutdown has closed an obscure agency that...
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The New D-Day: US Will Exhaust Its Ability to Pay the Bills on Thursday
News Image: The United States moved perilously closer to an economy-rattling default and a partial government shutdown entered its 14th day as Senate Democratic and Republican leaders remained at odds...
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Eleventh Hour Can Kick: Senate Leaders Optimistic About Debt Deal Today
News Image: Senate leaders are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the partial government shutdown after Republican divisions...
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Disaster (Temporarily) Averted: Last Minute Deal Reached to End Shutdown
News Image: Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Congress raced to pass the...
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Senate Dems Back Plan to Give President the Authority to Raise Debt Ceiling
News Image: Democrats controlling the Senate proposed Tuesday to avoid future showdowns over the so-called debt ceiling by giving the president authority to authorize additional federal borrowing...
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Sen Sanders: 'We Must End the Absurdity' of Corporate Tax Dodging, While...
News Image: Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, calls out the so-called congressional "deficit hawks" for supporting unfunded wars and now cuts to "virtually every social program designed to protect working...
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Last Month's Deficit Spending Down 24 Percent from October 2012
News Image: The U.S. government started the first month of the 2014 budget year with a $91.6 billion deficit, signaling further improvement in the nation's finances at a time when lawmakers are...
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