With the year-end deadline approaching for Republican and White House negotiators to reach a compromise on avoiding the fiscal cliff, a West Virginia lawmaker is still optimistic a deal can happen. National
MoreAs promised by Democratic leaders, the Senate has rejected a short-term funding bill that would keep the government running into November. The impasse gives Congress little time to resolve the matter before
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The Republican-controlled House approved a bill to fund the federal government Friday, but Democrats in the Senate have vowed to block it. Largely along party lines, the House voted 219-203 to keep
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The House defeated a bill that would fund the government past Sept. 30 on Wednesday, raising fears of a possible government shutdown. The bill would have provided $1.043 trillion to fund the
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