Ken Plum: The shutdown and the battle to insure everyone
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Last week saw the beginning of a federal government shutdown–at least a partial shutdown.
Search Results for Affordable Care Act
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Poll: ‘Too conservative’ Cuccinelli trails McAuliffe by eight
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Nearly half of Virginia voters label Ken Cuccinelli “too conservative,” one possible reason the Republican is trailing big in the Virginia governor’s race.
Poll: Shutdown boosts McAuliffe in governor’s race
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A new Politico poll has Democrat Terry McAuliffe ahead of Republican Ken Cuccinelli by nine points in the Virginia governor’s race, and suggests that the growing lead is the result of voter backlash against the GOP for the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Fox News poll: Americans want government shutdown to end
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A new Fox News poll shows overwhelming support for getting the federal government up and running again.
U.S. government shutdown affects agriculture; current farm bill expires
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After passing a continuing resolution back and forth between the two chambers, Congress failed to come to an agreement to keep the government open beyond the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.
Shutdown: When truth is the first casualty
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We’ve heard that in wartime, truth is the first casualty. A close second must be the current brouhaha about the government shutdown and who’s responsible. What seems lost is the record of how we got here.
Chris Graham: The dumbest thing about the government shutdown
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Here’s what makes no sense about the government shutdown: We all know how this is going to end. Republicans are going to capitulate. They always do.
Kaine statement on vote to avert government shutdown
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine released a statement on his vote for a clean spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 15 and avert a government shutdown. The continuing resolution passed the Senate 54-44.
Kaine warns of consequences of government shutdown
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Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine warned against the harmful consequences of a government shutdown and urged his colleagues to pass a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government.
Kaine condemns crisis budget in committee meeting
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During a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine questioned leading economists Dr. Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics, Dr. Chad Stone of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Dr. Allan Meltzer of Carnegie Mellon University, on the serious economic consequences of crisis-budgeting.
