Whiplash for Federal Workers: Go Home! Wait! Come Back
The federal workers showed up at their offices on Monday morning. They collected their desk plants and food from break-room refrigerators.
Category Archives: Social Security
Mick Mulvaney finds himself in middle of another shutdown
Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of Budget at the White House. In both spots, he's been at the center of a government shutdown.
Mulvaney finds himself in middle of another shutdown
Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of Budget at the White House. As a congressman in 2013, Mulvaney was among a faction on the hard right that bullied GOP leaders into a shutdown confrontation by insisting on lacing a must-pass spending bill with provisions designed to cripple President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
US government shuts down as Republicans and Democrats blame each other
The US government's stopgap funding expires on January 19 and negotiations on a budget have stalled. What happens next? The US federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight on Friday halting all but the most essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.
US government shuts down as Senate blocks spending bill
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, is surrounded by reporters following a TV interviewed about a possible government shutdown at the White House, in Washington, Friday, January 19, 2018. Washington, Jan. 20 : The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the most essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.
AP Explains: Congress has shut down the govt. Now what?
The U.S. government shutdown began at midnight Friday as Democrats and Republicans failed to resolve a standoff over immigration and spending. Here's a look at what the parties are fighting over and what it means to shut down the government.
AP Explains: Congress has shut down the govt. Now what? Source: AP
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Congress has shut down the govt. Now what?
The U.S. government shutdown began at midnight Friday as Democrats and Republicans failed to resolve a standoff over immigration and spending. Here's a look at what the parties are fighting over and what it means to shut down the government.
What’s – shut’ in Conn. in a federal gov’t shutdown?
Social Security checks will continue flowing, along with Medicaid and Medicare payments, as well as SNAP food benefits for low-income residents. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents will remain at work ferreting out crime, while criminals will face indictments in federal court.
A Primer on the “Government Shutdown”
It seems Senate Democrats are determined to have a government shutdown probably because of the default requirement of the Democratic base of "total resistance" to Trump. They are attaching the demand that DACA be "fixed" as a condition to funding the federal government , because they know that if DACA is part of larger immigration deal they lose a lot of leverage.
Here’s what happens if the government shuts down at the end of this week
Congress has until the end of Friday to pass a bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government, and a bill's passage does not look promising. Employees for non-essential services would be out on furlough, meaning they are locked out of work and receive no pay.
Start Saving Now, Because Social Security Is Screwed
The single largest government program in the United States will soon have an annual budget of $1 trillion a year. Yet even that amount isn't sufficient to fulfill the promises it has made.
US ends protections for Salvadoran immigrants
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration's decision to end special protections for about 200,0000 Salvadoran immigrants filled many Salvadoran families with dread Monday, raising the possibility that they will be forced to abandon their roots in the U.S. and return to a violent homeland they have not known for years, even decades. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen gave Salvadorans with temporary protected status until Sept.
Tightening Social Security Disability Will Obviously Lead To Higher Unemployment
When financial analysts crow about the low U.S. unemployment rate and, in the next breath, say the Social Security Disability program needs a fix, I have to laugh. Those analysts fail to account for the 8.8 million workers who dropped out of the work force and qualified for the disability program.
Too early to handicap the 2018 elections? No
If Democrats win at least one branch of Congress, there will be an investigative feast - with rich targets - of the ethically challenged administration of President Donald Trump, plus a check on presidential actions. If Republicans retain full control, expect renewed attacks on Obamacare, efforts to cut Medicare and Social Security, and one or two more right-wing Supreme Court justices.
Social Security and Medicare: GOP has eyes on cuts
In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation. In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation.
Voter ID Laws Really Do Discriminate, a New Study Shows
Being able to match voters with their records in ID databases using just a few basic details might help dispel some myths about whom laws do and don't hurt. Being able to match voters with their records in ID databases using just a few basic details might help dispel some myths about whom laws do and don't hurt.
Paul Krugman
In his latest article, he laments the power of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. He tries to offer eschatological hope.
1 percenters get more dough
With great fanfare, pomp and ceremony, congressional Republicans and our tax-evader-in-chief Donald Trump rolled out a tax package they believe to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. But that, of course, depends on who gets how many slices.
Constituents share views with Comer
U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Tompkinsville, originally thought he'd have a few meetings spread across a few hours when he arranged to visit his Paducah office for two days between Christmas and New Year's.