House Republicans seek vote to extend debt limit to May 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives said they aim to pass on Wednesday a nearly four-month extension of the U.S. debt limit, to May 19. The...
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Analysis: In spending wars, Obama strikes at Republican leverage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, frustrated by the failure of earlier efforts to get President Barack Obama to agree to spending cuts, suddenly find themselves in a fight to keep...
Republicans seek to trim Sandy disaster aid in House vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fight over federal aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy resumed on Tuesday with the House of Representatives set to vote on $50.7 billion in additional money...
Analysis: In spending wars, Obama strikes at Republican leverage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, frustrated by the failure of earlier efforts to get President Barack Obama to agree to spending cuts, suddenly find themselves in a fight to keep...
Senate approves “fiscal cliff” deal, crisis eased
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate moved the U.S. economy back from the edge of a "fiscal cliff" on Tuesday, voting to avoid imminent tax hikes and spending cuts in a...
Analysis: After “fiscal cliff” dive, more battles, new cliffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether or not the "fiscal cliff" impasse is broken before the New Year's Eve deadline, there will be no post-cliff peace in Washington. With the political climate...
Analysis: After “fiscal cliff” dive, more battles, new cliffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether or not the "fiscal cliff" impasse is broken before the New Year's Eve deadline, there will be no post-cliff peace in Washington. With the political climate...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion aid package to pay for reconstruction costs from Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, after defeating...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion aid package to pay for reconstruction costs from Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, after defeating...
U.S. Senate leaders aim to craft “fiscal cliff” bill by Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are working to craft legislation by Sunday that averts the year-end "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts, but many details needed to...