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U.S. budget negotiators seek two-year funding deal: congressman

August 24, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. budget talks are aiming for a two-year deal that would end divisive fiscal showdowns that have plagued Congress since 2011, while also easing the severe across-the-board...

U.S. budget negotiators seek two-year funding deal: congressman

May 23, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

Obamacare woes frustrating Democrats’ 2014 prospects

November 4, 2021 at 12:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chaotic launch of President Barack Obama's healthcare law has Democrats in Congress increasingly anxious about its potential impact on them in the 2014 elections and scrambling...

Obamacare woes frustrating Democrats’ 2014 prospects

December 24, 2018 at 11:21 a.m.

U.S. lawmakers begin last-ditch effort on debt ceiling

August 24, 2021 at 8:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate prepared for a last ditch effort Wednesday to avoid a historic lapse in the government's borrowing authority, a breach that President Barack Obama has...

U.S. lawmakers begin last-ditch effort on debt ceiling

May 23, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate prepared for a last ditch effort Wednesday to avoid a historic lapse in the government's borrowing authority, a breach that President Barack Obama has...

Efforts to avert U.S. shutdown continue amid Republican discord

May 23, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trio of Tea Party-backed U.S. senators threatening to stall a bill to fund the U.S. government ran into a wall of resistance Monday from top Senate...

Obama’s plan on Syria hinges on undecided U.S. lawmakers

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of a congressional resolution to authorize President Barack Obama's planned military strikes on Syria hinged on Thursday on scores of undecided U.S. lawmakers, with party...

Analysis: U.S. Congress fight over Syria pits establishment versus upstarts

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress, which votes largely along party lines on most issues, is displaying a different kind of split in the debate over Syria: Experienced lawmakers who...

Analysis: Obama lobbies personally for Syria vote

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After putting a decision to launch military strikes on Syria into the hands of Congress, President Barack Obama is doing what his critics have long accused him...

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