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December 20, 2015

Fox News Poll: 46 percent say random people on street could do better than Congress

The recent government shutdown over the budget and Obamacare has voters feeling angry and frustrated with lawmakers in general -- and Republicans in particular, according to the latest Fox News poll.  President Obama has fared better, although he hasn’t escaped the ire of voters either. 

December 20, 2015

Senate leaders scramble to craft budget deal, but will House GOP buy it?

Republican leaders in the House and Senate will face restless rank-and-file members Tuesday morning when they give updates on ongoing negotiations to cobble together a budget plan that would end a two-week-old partial government shutdown and increase the U.S. debt ceiling. 

December 20, 2015

Senate to try again to end fiscal crisis, after nixing Collins' plan

The Senate will return to work Sunday and attempt to find another way to end the partial shutdown of government services and reach an agreement on the nation's borrowing limit before an October 17 deadline after Democrats rejected a proposal by Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins that had bipartisan support.

December 20, 2015

GOP to Obama: Send captured Libyan suspect to Guantanamo

The Obama administration's detention of a high-profile terrorist suspect aboard a Navy vessel is drawing sharp opposition among Republicans in Congress, who say Abu Anas al-Libi should be sent to Guantanamo Bay.

December 20, 2015

Power Wars: Reid reportedly tries to freeze out Biden from Hill negotiations

Is Joe Biden's vice presidential luster fading, in advance of a possible presidential bid?

December 20, 2015

Reid gives Senate lecture on civility

The Democratic honcho who spent the last several days ridiculing House Speaker John Boehner as a pawn of the Tea Party gave his own chamber a lecture on civility Friday.

December 20, 2015

High drama on Capitol Hill as tempers flare, leaders fail to reach deal

Despite an emergency meeting at the White House, congressional leaders reported no progress late Wednesday on trying to reach a budget deal -- while over on Capitol Hill, tempers were flaring and lawmakers were melting down on the floor of the House.

December 20, 2015

Help kids with cancer? Reid asks: 'Why would we want to do that?'

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is blaming Republicans for the National Institutes of Health turning away cancer patients. But when asked why the Senate wouldn't try to help "one child who has cancer" by approving a mini-spending bill, he shot back: "Why would we want to do that?"

December 20, 2015

Congressional stalemate rings in government slimdown

What the Obama administration is portraying as a "shutdown" of the federal government -- complete with signs posted at the entrances to government buildings, parks and monuments -- is turning out to be more of a "slimdown," as all but non-essential workers reported to their jobs Tuesday.

December 20, 2015

Congress misses deadline, sending government into partial shutdown

Congress blew by a midnight deadline to pass a crucial spending bill, triggering the beginning of a partial government shutdown – the first in 17 years.