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#government shutdown
  • Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
    October 22, 2015
    | Dean Baker
    Journalists are fond of saying what a "budget wonk" Ryan is, but they never talk about what he actually says about the budget.
  • Congress Is a Confederacy of Dunces
    September 16, 2015
    | Michael Winship
    For this particular Congress to cooperate and do something new would require a miracle on the order of loaves and fishes — perhaps Pope Francis can do something about that when he’s on the Hill next week.
  • BillMoyers.com's Most Popular Segments of 2013
    December 25, 2013
    A roundup of Bill's ten most popular discussions and essays this year.
  • BillMoyers.com's Most Popular Features of 2013
    December 24, 2013
    A roundup of readers' favorite posts on our site this year.
  • Will Congress Ever Grasp That There's No Debt Crisis?
    December 4, 2013
    | Martha Burk
    We’re still living with those $80 billion across-the-board cuts from the sequester, and now they're at it again.
  • The Aftermath: A Problematic 'Victory'
    October 21, 2013
    | Bernard Weisberger
    Thanks to an eleventh-hour settlement the US has supposedly escaped fiscal doomsday, but historian Bernard Weisberger writes that it feels more like a stay of execution than the end of a crisis.
  • Hostage Saved, Now What?
    October 16, 2013
    | Joshua Holland
    This was the latest in a string of battles in which the American economy was ultimately the loser. Now Democrats have the upper hand -- if they don't mess it up.
  • Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP
    October 16, 2013
    | Greg Kaufmann
    An interfaith group of approximately 150 clergy leaders, locked out workers and people of faith, marched on Capitol Hill yesterday to urge Congress to end the shutdown.
  • Why This Debt Ceiling Crisis is Different
    October 9, 2013
    | John Light
    Republicans claim that debt ceiling brinksmanship is a tactic employed by both parties, and historically that's true. But this time it's different. Here's why.
  • Meet the Evangelical Cabal Behind the Shutdown
    October 9, 2013
    | Lee Fang
    The Conservative Action Project has played a background role in several high-profile political debates, including this month's shutdown.


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