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Lewis Black’s ‘Rant’ is due in Thousand Oaks
Kylie Ora Lobell
October 23, 2013
It’s been a great year for Lewis Black. There was the budget sequestration, the government shutdown and the fierce debates once again over Obamacare. Politicians left and right have been acting like nitwits, and Congress has proved its incompetence over and over again.
Where’s my check, Mr. Boehner?
Jewish Journal
October 21, 2013
Oh, thank you soooooo much! Some Republican members of Congress suddenly remembered they were Americans. Whoa, guys, that one was way too close. But thank you for postponing the end of this country for a few months. That way, holiday sales won’t suffer from wary consumers, just back from the Great Recession, slamming their wallets shut.
U.S. lawmakers close to deal on debt ceiling, reopening government
Jewish Journal
October 16, 2013
The U.S. Senate appeared ready to announce a last-minute deal on Wednesday to avert a historic lapse in the government\’s borrowing ability and a potentially damaging debt default.
Obama administration warns: Gov’t shutdown undermining Iran sanctions
Jewish Journal
October 15, 2013
Is the U.S. government shutdown undermining the sanctions that helped bring Iran to Geneva this week for talks aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear program?
Jewish Republicans caught in party shutdown crossfire
Jewish Journal
October 8, 2013
The first lawmaker to speak at a closed-door Capitol Hill confab convened by the Republican Jewish Coalition’s women’s affiliate was, naturally enough, a woman. So was the second.
Shutdown may affect Jewish social services
Jared Sichel
October 1, 2013
Congress’ failure to authorize discretionary spending for the new fiscal year won’t only impact about 800,000 federal workers or the Americans looking to visit national parks. It may also affect local Jewish social service organizations that rely in part on federal funding.
Rob Eshman: The Shutdown
Rob Eshman
October 1, 2013
What the $%#@ is happening? I’m writing this 17 minutes after the Federal government shut down — for the first time in 17 years. I remember clearly the last time this happened. It was stupid and superfluous and self-destructive then. It’s stupid, superfluous and self-destructive now.
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