In which Congress rick rolls the budget.
Department of Energy Employees are Dodging a Big Bullet. No Furloughs (Yet).
But after all, you do want someone looking after the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, right?
Furloughed White House Employee? If you use your BlackBerry, you may go to jail.
White House staffers face the threat of up to two years in jail if they use their work-issue BlackBerries during a government shutdown, sources told National Journal.
Boehner: No agreement yet.
Trivia Time!
A special Friday thank you to Gregg Sangillo!
The GOP produced a 1996 fiscal budget that cut domestic discretionary spending for the first time since what year?
Deal or No Deal?
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stands at a news conference with other senior Democratic senators on efforts to reach an agreement on the federal budget on Thursday. After a late-night meeting with Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Obama, Reid is meeting again at the White House this afternoon. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
NEW DETAILS: What functions, what doesn't in the event of a government shutdown
Administration officials told National Journal on Wednesday what government services could cease and what could continue in the event of a shutdown.
