Gov’t Shutdown Crisis Averted (Again)

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2011 All right, members of the 112th United States Congress, if you keep saying you're about to have a total political meltdown and then nothing happens, we're going to stop believing you Once again, the fearsome government shutdown was avoided Thursday when squabbling factions on Capitol Hill (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate OKs Compromise Funding Deal

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2011 Senate leaders struck a compromise late Monday on the issue of disaster relief funding that is likely to avert a federal government shutdown, the third such threat this year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Rejects Government Funding Bill

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2011 The House of Representatives narrowly rejected a short-term government funding bill Wednesday evening that would require cuts to government programs to pay for assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irene and other disasters this year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Minnesota Shuts Down

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2011 Six months of negotiations ended in booing and hissing Thursday night when Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton announced that his state's government would shut down as a result of a failure to reach a compromise with Republican legislators on how to deal with the state's $5 billion budget deficit. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Attack of the GOP Budget Rider Leeches

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Gubment Cheese

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The End of Shutdowns

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 11, 2011 One image perfectly captured the absurd, irrational and wholly unnecessary confrontation over whether to shut down the federal government on the basis of differences over a small part of the budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Congress Dances to the Edge, Averts Shutdown

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2011 After an exhibition of political recklessness conducted in the face of an ominous deadline, congressional leaders reached an accord late Friday night that averted a shutdown of the federal government. The agreement was announced by House Speaker John Boehner, above. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Your Handy Guide to Government Shutdowns

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2011 With all this talk of a potential government shutdown, it would help, wouldn't it, to get to the bottom of what that scenario would actually entail? Well, according to this timely dispatch from The Associated Press, the term might be a bit of a misnomer, given what would actually happen (or not). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Agencies Prepare for Shutdown, Pols Fight Over Pocket Change

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2011 With the prospect of a government shutdown so real the White House has ordered government agencies to batten down the hatches, it's hard to believe all this is over a few billion dollars House Republicans are insisting on more cuts than President Obama has agreed to, and if both sides can't get together by Friday (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shutdown Looking Unlikely on Capitol Hill

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2011 The good news: It doesn't seem as though disputes between congressional Republicans and their Democratic colleagues on Capitol Hill and in the White House over spending cuts will bring the government to a standstill The bad news . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )