Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

October 2023

Source: AP News
Oct 3, 2023
More Evidence That the US Job Market Remains Hot After US Job Openings Rise Unexpectedly in August
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Source: The Hill
Oct 2, 2023
The Hill’s Morning Report — Shutdown Averted: What Now?
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September 2023

Source: Roll Call
Sep 30, 2023
Shutdown Averted as Biden Signs Seven-Week Spending Bill
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 29, 2023
Amid GOP Confusion, U.S. Braces for ‘First-Ever Shutdown About Nothing’
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Source: The Hill
Sep 29, 2023
Conservative Opposition Imperils GOP Bill to Avoid Shutdown
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 28, 2023
A Government Shutdown Could Cost Billions. Here’s Why.
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 28, 2023
U.S. Government Starts Notifying Federal Employees a Shutdown May Be Imminent
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 28, 2023
Vulnerable Republicans Try to Head Off Blame for Shutdown
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Source: AP News
Sep 27, 2023
Congress Says It Wants to Avoid a Shutdown. But the House and Senate Are Moving Even Further Apart
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 26, 2023
House Gets Gears Moving for Four Fiscal 2024 Spending Bills
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 26, 2023
Senate Reaches Spending Deal to Head Off Government Shutdown
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 24, 2023
White House Steps Up Warnings of Shutdown Impact as Deadline Nears
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 24, 2023
What’s Driving a Possible Shutdown? A Fraction of the Federal Budget.
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 23, 2023
Four Spending Bills Readied for House Floor Amid Stopgap Uncertainty
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 22, 2023
U.S. Braces for Costly Government Shutdown in Eight Days
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 21, 2023
The Federal Budget Math at the Heart of the Government Shutdown Fight
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 21, 2023
House GOP Leaders Scrap Spending Bill Votes Amid Infighting
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 20, 2023
A Federal Government Shutdown Looks More and More Likely: What to Know
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 19, 2023
Right-Wing House Republicans Derail Pentagon G.O.P. Bill, Rebuking McCarthy
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 17, 2023
House GOP Makes First Move in Stopgap Funding Fight
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Source: POLITICO
Sep 17, 2023
The House GOP Unveiled a New Spending Plan. It Still Won’t Avert a Shutdown.
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 15, 2023
Facing a Shutdown, Congress Melts Down
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 14, 2023
House GOP Starts to Coalesce Around Stopgap Funding Plan
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Source: The New York Times
Sep 14, 2023
McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
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Source: NBC News
Sep 13, 2023
Inflation Ticks Upward to 3.7% as the Fed's Fight to Tame High Consumer Prices Rolls on
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