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Shutdown dents legislators' fundraising
Earlier this week, CalWatchdog.com mentioned some of the political implications that the partial government shutdown will have on Congress, particularly a few vulnerable representatives from California. Members are dealing with the competing demands of winning leverage against the other party, while
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Shutdown blacks out U.S. Census site
It's taken a week, but I finally was affected by the federal government “shutdown” (which actually only closes, temporarily, 17 percent of the government; leaving 83 percent still operating). computer softwares I went to the U.S. Census's Web site, census.gov,
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Chart shows govt. shutdown HELPS markets
Government officials are warning that, if the shutdown continues, the economy will be harmed. President Obama said Thursday: academic assignment “It is important for [Wall Street] to recognize that this is going to have a profound impact on our economy
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Shutdown: Where CA Lawmakers Stand
For the first time in 17 years, the federal government has shut down. As CalWatchdog.com has previously explained, this doesn’t exactly mean that steel bars have dropped in front of all government buildings. Rather, some programs are temporarily shuttered and
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Federal govt. shutdown would ripple through CA
Confusion, as usual, reigns in the U.S. Capitol. Now that Sen. Ted Cruz has finished his epic speech (or filibuster, depending whom you ask), the question of whether or not House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, will be able to convince
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