Continuing Resolution

Congress, Super Committee Running Out Of Time

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.08.2012

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

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Elise Foley

Senate Turns To Plan B On Funding Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.26.2011

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

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Hostage-Taking on the Rubicon

Carl Pope | Posted 11.23.2011

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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.

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Jennifer Bendery

House Republicans Settle On Solyndra Language To Pass CR

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.22.2011

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

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Tyler Kingkade

U.S. Chamber Joins Liberal Groups Against GOP Loan Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce finds itself on the same side as environmental groups and labor unions on a budget cut that House Republica...

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Elise Foley

House Democrats Vow To Vote Against Stopgap Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats are being urged to vote against a bill on Wednesday to continue funding the government, putting it one step closer to a ...

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Elise Foley

Eric Cantor: 'We've Been About Cuts' Over Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans will turn their focus to jobs after they pass a stopgap bill to continue funding the government, House Majority Leader Eric ...

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Elise Foley

Eric Cantor: Congress Will Pass Continuing Resolution To Avoid Government Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congress will take up a continuing resolution to fund the government on the week of Sept. 19, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) ...

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After Months of Tea Party Attacks on the Environment, Glimmers of Sanity Emerge

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.09.2011

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Frances Beinecke

A growing number of GOP lawmakers are starting to question the Tea Party's reckless overreach. They realize that anti-environmental efforts do not reflect the wishes of the American people.

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Elise Foley

Nancy Pelosi: 'You Won't See A Repetition Of Last Week' With Government Funding

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is attempting to lay a tougher line against funding cuts, telling reporters on Thursday th...

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Tea Party Leaders in House Resume Their Assault on Environmental Safeguards

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.13.2011

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Frances Beinecke

House Republican leaders and their Tea Party colleagues are working to block any effort to update the protections that keep our air and water clean.

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The Pursuit of Ignorance

Carl Pope | Posted 06.19.2011

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Carl Pope

Apparently, Republicans feared that, if the science is no longer open, and if NOAA were simply allowed to explain what we do and don't know, then the public would demand, not merely support, action.

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Michael McAuliff

Ailing 9/11 Responders Aided By Budget Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The new budget passed by Congress Thursday fixes a legislative gaffe that could have killed a new program that helps ailing 9/11 respond...

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Elise Foley

Pelosi: 'I Feel No Responsibility' To Pass Budget Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, said on Thursday she feels no obligation to pass the bill to fund govern...

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Sam Stein

Budget Bill Vote Surrounded By Drama, Last-Minute Lobbying (UPDATE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House and Congressional lawmakers awoke Thursday morning to the possibility that an 11th-hour deal struck to keep the governme...

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How Obama Seized the Political High Ground in Budget War

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.14.2011

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Robert Creamer

Washington conventional wisdom has convinced itself that Obama has been on the losing end of the budget debate. But with his speech yesterday, Obama seized the high political ground that will heavily define his second two years in office.

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House's Science Cuts Threaten Our Future

John H. Marburger, III | Posted 06.07.2011

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John H. Marburger, III

The House continuing resolution would force labs to curtail operations and in some cases to shut down for the year. Science cannot perform its vital functions in society if scientists are not working.

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GOP Budget Bravado Covers Weakness

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 06.06.2011

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Sheri and Allan Rivlin

Boehner cannot accept a shutdown, so as time runs out this weekend, he will accept whatever Continuing Resolution he can get.

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Sam Stein

GOP Leadership: White House Has Rejected Emergency One-Week Funding Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional GOP leaders said on Tuesday that the Obama administration has informed them that it will oppose a last-ditch stopgap fundi...

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Elise Foley

Freshman Republicans To Protest At Senate Over Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With nine days remaining until government funding expires, House Republican freshmen announced today they plan to rally on the steps of ...

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Lucia Graves

Religious Leaders Go On Hunger Strike Over GOP Budget Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As Congress' negotiations over a resolution to keep the government funded devolve, exasperated religious leaders on Monday said the deep...

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Sam Stein

Government Funding Talks Descending Into Widespread Recriminations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.28.2011

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Negotiations over a resolution to keep the government funded until the fall have devolved into recriminations, with Senate Democrats arguing that Hous...

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Another Continuing Resolution: A Real Life Fairy Tale in Washington

Tara Sonenshine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tara Sonenshine

It would be more than unfortunate if peace abroad becomes a casualty of a domestic war. And it would be expensive in the long-term. Wars cost money and lives. If we don't stop wars overseas, we pay for them at home.

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Elise Foley

Paul Ryan: Government Shutdown 'Sounds Worse Than It Probably Is'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A government shutdown is still possible when the current three-week federal funding bill runs out, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wi...

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What Tough Budget Choices? The Anti-Environmental House Majority Is Having a Ball

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Rappaport Clark

Take a moment to look beyond the cuts and instead focus on the numerous policy changes proposed in the continuing resolution, and it quickly becomes clear that this is not fiscal prudence at work but ideology.

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