BOEHNER’S JAM: CAUCUS LOVES BUT WON’T FOLLOW HIM
By CHARLES BABINGTON Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen…
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DEMOCRAT BOOKER WINS US SENATE ELECTION IN NJ
By KATIE ZEZIMA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct.…
FOOL’S ERRAND OR HEROIC STAND? GOP ON CRUZ, LEE
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a…
AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF US DEFAULT INDUCES SHRUGS INDUCES SHRUGS
By BERNARD CONDON FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury…
CHINA PREMIER LI KEQIANG ADDRESSES THAI PARLIAMENT
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra share a light moment during their meeting at the government house in Bangkok Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Li is…
HO– USE GOP LEADERS SEEK SHORT-TERM DEBT EXTENSION
By ANDREW TAYLOR Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, listens as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew,back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013,…
POLL: NO HEROES IN SHUTDOWN, GOP GETS MOST BLAME
By CALVIN WOODWARD and JENNIFER AGIESTA Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, during a news…
YELLEN IS OBAMA CHOICE TO SUCCEED BERNANKE AT FED
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,…