With the holiday recess fast approaching, congressional negotiators were closing in on an agreement to avoid another government shutdown. But they faced a last-minute outcry from House Democrats demanding to extend federal jobless benefits as part of any deal. Read More
Even on vacation, we instinctively reach for our phones to scroll through messages, making sure the world continues to function in spite of our absence. And to lessen the blow upon our return. If you’ve been checking all along, you know what you’re in for once you’re back at your desk. Furloughed federal workers had no […]
Wednesday’s deal to end the government shutdown included back pay for federal employees who were not paid during stalemate, providing compensation for workers who were taken off the job or had to work without pay during through no fault of their own. Read More
Negotiations to end the U.S. government shutdown, now in its third week, were making significant progress in the Senate just days before the government exhausts its ability to borrow more money to pay its bills. Click for updates
When Washington is in crisis and every other option has fallen to pieces — whether on rescuing Wall Street, rewriting national security rules or agreeing on a budget — Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are usually the ones who put it all back together. Read More
With financial markets reflecting growing concern about the potential for a U.S. default, the White House on Wednesday announced a series of meetings with lawmakers from both parties to focus on the government shutdown, looming debt crisis and festering fiscal stalemate. Read More
House and Senate lawmakers this week proposed legislation to retroactively pay the roughly 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed because of the partial government shutdown that started Tuesday. Read More
Shutting down the government wouldn’t mean that employees and retirees can shut off the bills they have to pay. Following are the answers, as best as they can be determined at this point, to some of the main questions they are asking about their pay and benefits. Read More
Federal agencies will begin telling employees on Friday if they will be required to work or be furloughed during a partial government shutdown, according to union presidents who were briefed Thursday morning by Obama administration officials. Read More
More than 700,000 civilian defense workers will be forced to take 14 days of furloughs instead of 22 between April and the end of the fiscal year, officials said, softening the blow of the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. Read More
