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The Senate approved a bill late Thursday aimed at easing travel delays caused by the furlough of air-traffic controllers. The timing of House action on the measure was unclear.Many lawmakers had already left Washington for an upcoming week-long recess when the Senate unanimously approved a measure to give the Transportation Department, which administers the Federal Aviation Administration, more budget flexibility to reduce the number of its furloughs.Under the bill, the FAA would be able to redirect up to $253 million from other areas of its budget to shore up staffing levels.The Senate's approval of the bipartisan measure capped a fractious week that saw Democrats divided over how to manage the growing public ire over air-traffic delays, which arose after the FAA began furloughing air-traffic controllers. The furloughs were prompted by federal spending cuts across the federal government, known as a sequester, that were required under a 2011 deal to raise the federal borrowing limit.Th...
Wayne Rogers & Co. Chairman Wayne Rogers says that government’s inability to pass a budget is “insane,” and is no way to run a business.
The U.S. government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after Republicans and Democrats failed...
FNC’s Andrea Tantaros and FNC political analyst Juan Williams on the government’s rising debt.
Russell Investments chief economist Mike Deuker discusses the effect of sequestration on the markets.
Former UBS Americas Chairman Robert Wolf on steps to reducing the government’s debt.
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin on the results of the Academy Awards.
Former Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the potential sequestration and the need to rein in government spending.
Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the lack of leadership in D.C. to solve the national debt problem.
Americans for Prosperity NJ Director Steve Lonegan on the push for union workers to get the construction and rebuilding jobs for Superstorm Sandy cleanup.
WSJ editorial board member Jason Riley on defense employees facing partial furlough from spending cuts.
Former Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the potential impact of the government’s across-the-board cuts.
Former Republican Party VA chairman Kate Obenshain and former senior advisor to Sen. Harry Reid Penny Lee on the U.S.'s rising debt and whether we will become worse than Greece.
Tens of thousands of people took to streets across Argentina to protest against President Cristina Kirchner's government and her plan to overhaul the judicial system...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said he would arrange floor votes on President Barack Obama's nominees to run the Securities and Exchange Commission and...
Opinion: The business community, especially small businesses, simply can’t operate and plan ahead under the constant cloud of skyrocketing deficits, last minute debt deals, and credit downgrade threats.
Singer and actor Pat Boone on the President’s policies and their impact on the economy.
Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes and Moody’s Chief Economist John Lonski on the budget debate in Washington.
On paper it's relatively easy to balance the bloated U.S. budget and trim the massive deficit simply by requiring the elderly to pay more for their federally guarant...
More than 130 academics and global policy pundits urged the Congress on Monday to enact delayed changes in voting powers in the International Monetary Fund and warne...
