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Continuing Resolution

Obama Slammed For Signing 'Monsanto Protection Act'

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green

Does the newly signed Farmer Assurance Provision, aka the 'Monsanto Protection Act,' mean that GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulator...

Obama Signs Measure Averting Government Shutdown

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running through the end of September. The measure...

Scientists Outraged That Elected Reps Control Their Handouts

Bill Frezza | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Bill Frezza

Real progress comes from young renegades thinking outside the box willing to take risks to challenge the status quo. It is this kind of science that gets lost in the shuffle every time the giant pork machine dispenses its largesse to the usual suspects.

Amanda Terkel

Congress Saves Military Tuition Assistance Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congress voted to protect the military's popular Tuition Assistance program on Thursday, directing the Defense Department to find money ...

GOP-Backed Amendment Limiting Key Research Funding Passes

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics

A measure limiting National Science Foundation funding for political science research projects passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, quietly dealing a ...

Michael McAuliff

Senate Bill Keeps Government Running, Adds To Sequester

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday to keep the federal government running after March 27, approving a six-month spending measure th...

Senate Advances Key Measure To Prevent Government Shutdown

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were d...

Zach Carter

House And Senate Republicans Diverge On Tax Deal With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sharp differences emerged on Sunday between House and Senate Republicans over the prospect for a budget deal with President Barack Obama...

Chelsea Kiene

Ted Cruz: Defund Obamacare Or Risk Government Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz says that he is expecting a vote Wednesday on his amendment to defund Obamacare until economic growth is restored, adding ...

GOP Congressman: Tie Obamacare Defunding To Government Shutdown

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

Some congressional Republicans just won't let go of repealing the Affordable Care Act. "If they want to fund the government, they've got to defund ...

Harry Reid Slams 'Dr. No' Senator

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently thinks Sen. Tom Coburn is living up to his old nickname, Dr. No, and expressed his displeasure with the O...

Rubio Makes Huge Demand On Obamacare

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.08.2013 | Politics

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Thursday that he would not support a stopgap bill to fund the government unless it defunded President Barack Obama's he...

Senate Democrats Unveil Budget Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the Senate are moving to give the Obama administration more flexibility in administering automatic spending c...

Sabrina Siddiqui

House Passes Continuing Resolution To Fund Government, Protect Defense Against Sequester Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to keep the federal government funded through the end of the fiscal year, seeking to avert ...

Congress Looks To Avert Shutdown

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics

* Senate leaders optimistic over government funding legislation * Democrats eye more spending flexibility for domestic agencies ...

Michael McAuliff

Boehner: 'Time To Get Out Of This Cliff Business'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blamed President Barack Obama Tuesday for the remarkable string of fiscal standoffs over the last fe...

Sabrina Siddiqui

House GOP's New Focus Is Not The Sequester

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 02.27.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- With Congress whiffing on the bid to stop sequestration's automatic deep spending cuts, House Republicans have turned their focus to the...

Why Did the Tea Party Blink on the Continuing Resolution?

Jason Stanford | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Jason Stanford

The thought that the Tea Party folks have figured out how to think strategically is both chilling and, given the improved polling outlook for Democrats since the conventions, amusing.

Jennifer Bendery

Louie Gohmert 'Brokenhearted' Over His Party's Failure

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) threw his party under the bus on Friday for failing to cut government spending in the past two years -- a v...

Michael McAuliff

Ryan Returns To Congress As House Punts On Budget Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.13.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan played something of a punt-returner Thursday -- returning to Congress from the campaign trail to hel...

Michael McAuliff

One Shutdown Showdown Averted For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders believe they have reached a deal to head off yet another showdown over a possible government shutdown. A propos...

Congress, Super Committee Running Out Of Time

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.08.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A sputtering Congress enveloped in an atmosphere poisoned with politics and distrust enters its final weeks of the year struggling ...

Elise Foley

Senate Turns To Plan B On Funding Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.26.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Monday to keep the government running, ending a weeklong battle over disaster aid that has turn...

Hostage-Taking on the Rubicon

Carl Pope | Posted 11.23.2011 | Politics
Carl Pope

Now that Obama is no longer signaling conciliation, it's Boehner's turn to experience the folly of trying to legislate with a faction that seeks to reignite the Civil War and take down the nation itself.

Jennifer Bendery

House Republicans Settle On Solyndra Language To Pass CR

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After an embarrassing failed vote on Wednesday, House Republican leaders have settled on plan B for passing a resolution to keep the gov...