December 20, 2015 Conservatives sue to enforce ObamaCare employer mandate A Florida orthodontist and conservative watchdog group filed suit Tuesday against the Obama administration for its delay of the employer mandate portion of Obamacare, arguing the president cannot pick and choose what parts of the law he wants to enforce.
December 20, 2015 House to try again to pass 3 emergency funding bills amid government slimdown The House of Representatives tried but failed to pass three emergency funding bills Tuesday amid much political finger pointing by both parties in the wake of the potentially drawn out stalemate over the budget.
December 20, 2015 Obama shortens Asia trip due to government slimdown President Obama has canceled a planned visit to Malaysia next week because of the government slimdown, according to Malaysia's leader.
December 20, 2015 Unions say they'll fight for back pay for furloughed members Nearly a half million federal furloughed employees will turn to their unions to help claw back money they lost as part of the federal government’s scale back of services that went into effect Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 Age of ObamaCare Begins: Launch to test claims of law’s supporters, foes The sales pitches for and against ObamaCare have all been made. It’s now up to Americans to judge whether the law works as advertised, as the so-called insurance “exchanges” launch Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 Budget battle heats up, despite pause over car chase The battle over the budget impasse got intensely personal Thursday on Capitol Hill, though a chaotic car chase which ended in gunfire temporarily sidelined the debate later in the day.
December 20, 2015 On the road again: Amid stalemate, Obama campaigns for budget bill While Congress convened once again Thursday to weigh a set of mini-spending bills, President Obama hit the stump 20 miles away.
December 20, 2015 House Republicans probe DC monument closures amid slimdown House Republicans are investigating the decision to close off the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington after veterans groups were initially denied access to the memorial in what has become a defining symbol of the government slimdown's impact.
December 20, 2015 Congress, White House all over the map on fiscal crisis solution If actions speak louder than words, then the rhetoric coming from Washington is making it harder to believe lawmakers can act on anything that might end the ongoing fiscal crisis -- or even point themselves in the same direction.
December 20, 2015 With budget ‘deal,’ national debt free to soar again Fiscal conservatives reacted with dismay Thursday after Washington, following weeks of hard-nosed negotiations, produced only a stopgap bill to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.