The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin shutting down, weeks after Congress canceled ...

But in these shutdown standoffs, it can still be a lifetime. I think a lot of times leadership likes to prove they exhausted every option before the most realistic one has to pass.

Getting ahead of the shutdown was better politically for those vulnerable members. Remember, he only has a four-seat majority in the House, and he wants to keep it in the next election.

Lawmakers have another self-imposed shutdown deadline on Friday, which is likely to result in one of two things - a shutdown or another continuation of the spending plans authorized a very long ...