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. […]

The U.S. House moved a short-term government funding bill over the weekend which also delayed ObamaCare’s individual mandate for one year and repealed a tax on medical devices, reports Politico. In response, the Senate did nothing, planning to reconvene as regularly scheduled on Monday afternoon, an act which Speaker John Boehner said was “of breathtaking […]

House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Thursday that the House would reject the short-term spending plan expected to be passed by the Senate in the next few days, dramatically increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown, reports the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. At the same time, The Hill reports that House GOP leadership […]