Washington — It’s a Veterans Day they won’t soon forget. On a balmy 70-degree day in the nation’s capital this past weekend, former President Barack Obama boarded an Honor Flight filled with veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars that had just touched down from Madison, Wisconsin. “Hello, everybody,” his voiced boomed over the loud
Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican, told CBS News that things are heading in the right direction toward an agreement to speed through a number of procedural hurdles to get the funding plan to final passage in the upper chamber. “We’ve got a few things to get cleared up,” Rounds said. “It’s very close.”
Washington — The Senate took a major step toward ending the government shutdown late Monday by passing a funding bill that unlocks a broader agreement on long-term spending and the promise of a future vote on extending health care tax credits. The vote was 60-40, with eight Democrats providing the votes needed. One Republican voted against
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, ranking member of the Senate’s Aviation, Space and Innovation Subcommittee, on Monday criticized President Trump after he threatened to dock the pay of air traffic controllers who took off work amid staffing shortages and the government shutdown. “It’s disgraceful and dangerous to threaten to punish controllers who put the
The IRS special agent-turned-whistleblower who has been tapped to lead criminal investigations at the tax agency told CBS News in an exclusive television interview he will let evidence, not politics, guide the agency’s decisions on tax probes. “Each and every time, I’m going to ensure the right thing’s done and that the policies and procedures
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Updated 15m ago Here are the 8 Democrats who voted to move forward on the funding bill The final vote on advancing the House-passed continuing resolution was 60 to 40. Eight Democrats joined all but one Republican to move forward on the bill: Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada Dick Durbin of Illinois John Fetterman