A Senate Vote Ended U.S. Shutdown Fears. It Won’t Be the Last Such Crisis. Investors should get used to budget brinkmanship in Congress, even with the Republicans in control of both houses. 12/21/2024 - 4:14 am | View Link
Congress narrowly averts government shutdown — and rejects Trump’s debt ceiling commands House lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a third attempt at a short-term funding bill to keep the government running before Christmas ... 12/20/2024 - 11:40 pm | View Link
Senate Tees Up Vote After House Approves Last Minute Spending Plan to Avoid Shutdown With about one hour to avoid a government shutdown, senators in Washington are gearing up to vote on a spending plan that passed the house earlier this evening. The bill passed the House after previou ... 12/20/2024 - 2:57 pm | View Link
Why Trump’s debt ceiling gamble failed The president-elect issued Congress a last-minute demand: attach a debt ceiling pause to a short-term funding bill or shut down the government. 12/20/2024 - 8:16 am | View Link
House sets vote on new funding bill with disaster, farm aid Republican leaders will need the support of reluctant Democrats to pass the measure before the midnight funding deadline. 12/20/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
Constant Commoner - Sandy Hook and the promises we never kept;
emptywheel - NYT buries its own role in Trump's attacks on the rule of law;
First Draft - can a president also be House speaker?
Left Jabs - was Obamacare saved when we weren't looking?
Will Tell Stories for Food - gifts for people you hate.
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Today in history:
On Dec. 22, 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four young Black men on a Manhattan subway, alleging they were about to rob him. (Goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault charges but convicted on a weapons possession charge, ultimately serving eight months of a one-year sentence.)
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In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antisemitism.