House Speaker John Boehner warned President Obama Sunday that he would not bring up bills to fund the federal government or increase the debt ceiling until President Obama and Senate Democrats agreed to negotiate on large-scale spending reforms, reports the Wall Street Journal. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, warned in response that Congress was “playing with […]

Speaker John Boehner has told Republicans colleagues that he will not allow a debt default by the federal government, and is willing to waive the so-called Hastert Rule, to ensure the federal governments pays its debts on time, reports the New York Times. The Treasury Department warned a debt default could be worse than the […]

President Obama called a White House meeting with key leaders from Congress – and nothing happened Wednesday except both sides saying they weren’t budging, reports Politico. Attention is now moving to the debt ceiling, which the federal government is scheduled to hit within the next few weeks, writes the Washington Post. The editorial page of […]

The ObamaCare exchanges went live yesterday – and with significant glitches, reports the Washington Post. In response, President Obama told Americans they should expect months of problems. And one MSNBC anchor illustrated the problem when she tried, but failed to access the ObamaCare exchange live on the air. At the same time, House Republicans are […]

The ObamaCare exchanges officially begin today, reports the Wall Street Journal, but the law today looks a lot different than the one President Obama signed into law nearly four years ago. At the same time, the federal government will be shut down for the first time in nearly two decades, reports the New York Times. […]