The bipartisan budget compromise that passed the House by a wide margin last week has inspired House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to blast outside conservative groups that he said were using Republican members of Congress for their own gain. It has inspired kind words between the two legislators — Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) […]

The government is officially back in business….for now. Also, for now, the debt ceiling crisis has been avoided and Obamacare hasn’t been touched. Thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed 16 days return to work today, for now. Via CNN Everything came together Wednesday on a frenzied night of deadline deals. Lawmakers toiled through […]

As people are waking and finding out that the United States Congress has allowed the Federal Government to be shut down, many are wondering how that effects them or if they should even care about it at all. Well the great people over at USA Today put together a graphic that shows just how people […]