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White House: nothing new in Obama’s comment on automatic cuts

December 24, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that there was nothing new in President Barack Obama's unqualified remark that automatic spending cuts looming in January "will not happen."...

CEOs urge compromise on U.S. fiscal cliff, debt

August 23, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corporate chief executives ramped up their calls on Monday for Congress to reach a compromise deal that keeps the looming "fiscal cliff" from crushing the U.S. economy...

CEOs urge compromise on U.S. fiscal cliff, debt

December 24, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corporate chief executives ramped up their calls on Monday for Congress to reach a compromise deal that keeps the looming "fiscal cliff" from crushing the U.S. economy...

Will voters send U.S. House’s “Mr. No” back to Washington?

August 23, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. freshman Republican Congressman Justin Amash has not been afraid to rub his party - and sometimes his western Michigan constituents - the wrong way....

Will voters send U.S. House’s “Mr. No” back to Washington?

August 22, 2019 at 6:13 a.m.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. freshman Republican Congressman Justin Amash has not been afraid to rub his party - and sometimes his western Michigan constituents - the wrong way....

U.S. deficit ends fourth fiscal year above $1 trillion: CBO

November 3, 2021 at 4:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal budget deficit for the just-ended 2012 fiscal year shrank by $207 billion from the prior year, but still marked its fourth straight year above $1...

U.S. deficit ends fourth fiscal year above $1 trillion: CBO

December 24, 2018 at 11:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal budget deficit for the just-ended 2012 fiscal year shrank by $207 billion from the prior year, but still marked its fourth straight year above $1...

Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown

August 23, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund...

Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown

August 22, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund...

U.S. funding bill to get vote after partisan Senate fight

August 23, 2021 at 2:39 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Election-year politics briefly delayed passage of legislation in the U.S. Senate to fund federal programs for six months and avoid an October 1 government shutdown, as lawmakers...

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