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The Affordable Care Act website, healthcare.gov, which enables Americans in 36 states to comparison shop and purchase private insurance, launched on Oct. 1 with...
We've been watching Edward Snowden, the 30-year-old former National Security Agency (NSA) and CIA employee, who leaked details of top-secret US government mass surveillance...
Conference committees are set up when the House and Senate have passed two different versions of a bill. Article 1, Section 7 of the...
Our nation's patent system is designed to encourage innovation and invention -- and is rooted in the Constitution:
The Congress shall have Power … To...
After last night's 11th-hour agreement, the federal government is back in full swing. With the shutdown showdown and the debt ceiling increase behind us...
Tomorrow, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a hearing, "The Effect of Government Shutdown on VA Benefits and Services to Veterans." VA...
Bills for a Government Shutdown
The federal government has shut down 17 times since a new budgeting process was put into place in 1976. Both...
The back and forth between the House and Senate over the "Continuing Resolution," which would fund the federal government has been best described as...
Get the recap on the Shutdown Showdown -- and the bills introduced in the event of a shutdown. Weigh in with Congress on POPVOX.
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A continuing resolution, or a "CR" for short, is legislation that allows the federal government to keep operating and spending money when regular appropriation...