UPDATE: 12:30 P.M. Majority Leader Harry Reid is announcing a deal today to open the government to avoid the country defaulting on their bills. The deal proposed by the Senators Reid and McConnell earlier this morning would go into effect. It’s also been announced that Conservative Sen. Ted Cruz would not block the new deals […]
Talk about down to the wire. Just two days before the government is set to go into total fiscal calamity, U.S. Senators are hinting that they may have reached a deal that will reopen the government and help avoid the default on federal debt. Talks between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and Republican […]
Listen. We’ve all been there. Drunk dialing your ex after a night of drinking because you’re feeling either nostalgic or pissed about how it all went down. Then waking in the morning, remembering what you did, looking at your phone and immediately feeling this: Now you don’t have to feel that embarrassment. In fact, there’s a […]
Despite legislation that was signed last weekend that guarantees federal workers back pay once the government reopens, 15,000 furloughed employees still won’t receive anything. The non-federal employees affected by the government shutdown include those who work at gift shops and restaurants on federal property. In fact, in San Francisco, the 150-year-old restaurant Cliff House has been forced to […]
Are congressional Republicans finally caving in? On Wednesday, conservatives warmed to the idea of a short-term increase in the country’s borrowing limit that will avoid the catastrophic debt-ceiling default and possibly lift the shutdown on the government. Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee, outlined a plan Wednesday to fellow conservatives to extend […]
We already knew that petty politicians who shut down the government are still being paid while 800,000 furloughed workers are behind on their bills. But an inside look into the lives of congressmen is shining light on a list of perks they still get while Americans sit at home unemployed and the economy crashes. How […]
Pride is a dangerous thing. Yesterday, President Obama called out congressional Republicans who’d rather save face than save the nation by agreeing to open the government, but also extended an olive branch to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to negotiate the fiscal fuckery our nation is headed into. But Boehner, refusing to compromise and back […]
If you haven’t heard, the government is shut down, 800,000 Americans are without jobs, and the economy will go to shit in nine days because Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling for debt Obama didn’t even create. In other words, some Congressional Republicans are salty and vindictive. And their obsession to dismantle Obamacare (read […]
We’re in week two of the government shutdown and 800,000 employees are still furloughed, head start has been slashed, national parks are still closed and John Boehner is still being a dick. But if you thought things couldn’t get worse than they already are…think again. The latest disaster on the horizon is called the debt […]
It’s day seven of the government shutdown, and although Congress has made some progress – like passing legislation that guarantees federal workers back-pay for their time furloughed – they still haven’t reached the ultimate deal… Reopening the government. And though President Obama and congressional Democrats have called for the House of Representatives to end the […]
In the final hours of the government shutdown debate last night on the House floor, Speaker John Boehner took a shot at President Obama, impersonating him. On Monday evening, President Obama stated in a press conference that he will not be having any conversations that tie the implementation of Obamacare to the annual budget. POTUS made it […]
Guess what ladies and gentleman? We’re just hours away from a government shutdown. Which means a few things, but mostly that Republicans are playing political games with our lives like we have time for that. And take it from this lady: This government shutdown could be crippling for our economy, middle class families (wait, does […]
