On Monday night’s ‘Daily Show,’ host Jon Stewart admonished Congress and compared the constantly-changing debt ceiling deadline to a Broadway opening, saying “The only catastrophe that has moved its date this often is ‘Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark.’
He then observed that despite a steady stream of meetings about the debt crisis, Republicans and Democrats have accomplished little other than seeming
Democrats preferred a 30-day spending bill, but Republicans rejected that idea.
The House passed a stopgap two-week spending bill with $4 billion in cuts Tuesday, sending the measure on for likely passage in the Senate as Congress tries to avert a partial shutdown of government.
The House voted 335-91 in favor of the measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would pass "in the ne
The government budget drama continues, following President Obama's $3.73 trillion spending plan on Monday.
Republicans are ready to start on Tuesday a three-day push on a blueprint for reducing spending for the remainder of the 2011 budget year...
You could call them the San Francisco Giants in the world of politics.
After being left for dead in the wake of the 2008 election, Republicans staged a stunning comeback over the past year.