Both the Senate and the House of Representatives on Friday passed a short-term spending bill that would fund the government through Tuesday night. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it soon. Earlier in the day, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked that action be taken in order to keep government running as negotiations in [...]
Preside Barack Obama’s tax compromise has been rejected by the House Democratic. They caucus voted to reject the plan. After this development it appears that the plan will have difficulties in getting it passed. This time the House Democrats are up against the tax compromise that was sealed after a long discussion between the Republicans [...]
President Barack Obama still has work to do to sell the tax package he negotiated with Republicans to Democrats in Congress. House Democratic leaders say the package is tilted too much in favor of the wealthy, putting Obama on the defensive for striking a deal that is picking up support among GOP lawmakers and business [...]
The White House and congressional Republicans have begun working behind the scenes toward a broad deal that would prevent taxes from going up for virtually every U.S. family and authorize billions of dollars in fresh spending to bolster the economy. Negotiations have accelerated in recent days as Congress has confronted deadlines for extending a series [...]
Justin Bieber dominates at the AMAs; ‘Harry Potter’ leaps to $125.1M opening weekend; Lovelace not in the stars for Lindsay Lohan (Nov. 22) It didn’t take long for Lindsay Lohan’s replacement for the Linda Lovelace biopic, “Inferno,” to be announced. “We are casting Malin Akerman for the role of Linda Lovelace,” director Matthew Wilder was [...]