On Tuesday, Congress was able to come to a bipartisan agreement on the budget plan, which will prevent another government shutdown as long as the Senate and House
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reports that President Obama’s approval rating is at a new low. 42% of Americans approve of his job performance, indicating that people
In the agreement passed by Congress to end the government shutdown, a detail was included which would allow the Obama administration to raise federal employees’ pay by 1%
The government was reopened and a possible default averted on Thursday, as Senate and House leaders joined together to reach a compromise. There was strong bipartisan support for
On Wednesday, Senate leaders proposed a deal that would bring an end to the government shutdown, and prevent a possible U.S. default. The proposal is even gaining support
The Brats for Veterans Advocacy Group received a lot of attention when it led a rally in Washington this weekend, protesting the closure of national monuments and memorials.
Some furloughed workers have had to go to charities for food since being out of work and without a paycheck. Chesapeake Cares Food Pantry led a food drive
The Statue of Liberty was closed for 12 days because of the government shutdown, but the State of New York used its own funds to reopen the site
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone on Friday, and agreed that both sides should continue talking about how to end the government shutdown and
