We believe there is a very good chance House Speaker John Boehner will use his press conference slated for 4:30 today to make a “counter offer” to President Obama’s overture

This morning has been dominated by meetings by both parties on both sides of Capitol Hill, with each side plotting next moves and working to keep its ranks unified. On

In the first week of the partial government shutdown, embattled House Speaker John Boehner mostly maneuvered to buy time to keep his House GOP conference unified while exhausting the mutiny

For most of this morning President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have followed through on last night’s mostly unproductive White House meeting to pound away at House Speaker

Two quick points to make as the Congressional leadership heads down from the Hill to their 5:30 meeting with President Obama at the White House. First, news is spreading across

There has been no small amount of speculation in the media and market commentary that the now almost inevitable shutdown of the government tonight may alter the political dynamics enough

The Senate is moving quickly, surprisingly so, to pass its amended Continuing Resolution H.JR. 59 as early as this afternoon. It does, however, face an unforeseen need to win Republican

If anything else, you have to give Texas Senator Ted Cruz credit for stamina and good theater. By the time we will be getting this report out, he will have

The next round in the budget brawl on Capitol Hill got underway today with the House voting 230 to 189 to adopt its Tea-Party-infused Continuing Resolution to keep the government