Government

Government will stay open – for now

December 3, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Ted Cruz effort to expose more people to COVID by defunding Biden vaccine mandates in exchange for funding the government goes down to defeat.

Crunch: Lawmakers must tackle big-ticket legislation through end of December

November 29, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Keeping the government running, Build Back Better, debt ceiling lift, voting rights, immigration rights, and more on the agenda.

Lawmakers voting to keep government going, workers need action to survive

December 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress must provide the massive aid necessary to kill the virus, keep people alive, and save the economy.

Stripping protection for federal workers, Trump squeezes experts out of government

October 29, 2020 By Tim Libretti

His latest executive order effectively allows Trump, even if he should lose the election, to politicize agencies that have historically been staffed by career employees who work for administration after administration, whether Republican or Democrat.

States largely fend for themselves in race against coronavirus pandemic

March 26, 2020 By John Bachtell

Illinois governor to Trump: “You should be leading a national response instead of throwing tantrums from the back seat……Get off Twitter and do your job.”