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healthcare.gov

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...
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Snowden, Government Surveillance, Secret Courts and the Fourth Amendment

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...
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Conference Committees

Conference committees are set up when the House and Senate have passed two different versions of a bill. Article 1, Section 7 of the...
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Innovation and Patent Litigation

Our nation's patent system is designed to encourage innovation and invention -- and is rooted in the Constitution: The Congress shall have Power … To...
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What’s Next? Post-Shutdown Priorities

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...
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Veterans During the Shutdown

Tomorrow, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a hearing, "The Effect of Government Shutdown on VA Benefits and Services to Veterans." VA...
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Shutdown

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...
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The Showdown Ends in a Shutdown

The back and forth between the House and Senate over the "Continuing Resolution," which would fund the federal government has been best described as...
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The Shutdown Showdown, Part 1

Get the recap on the Shutdown Showdown -- and the bills introduced in the event of a shutdown. Weigh in with Congress on POPVOX. I'm...
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What is a “”Continuing Resolution””

A continuing resolution, or a "CR" for short, is legislation that allows the federal government to keep operating and spending money when regular appropriation...
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