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INSIGHT - Budget fight leaves Boehner 'damaged' but still standing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debt and budget crisis that gripped Washington was the story of a Republican Party at war with itself. Rebellious conservatives, over the objection of party moderates, tried to use a government shutdown in an unsuccessful assault on President Barack Obama's healthcare law.

U.S. Congress enters crucial week in budget, debt limit battles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government moved into the second week of a shutdown on Monday with no end in sight, a deadlocked U.S. Congress also confronted an October 17 deadline to increase the nation's borrowing power or risk default.

Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a "serious conversation" about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibility of a U.S. default

Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of some 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise nearly half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a legal review of the "Pay Our Military Act," signed by President Barack Obama on Monday on the eve of the shutdown, would allow him to bring most furloughed civilians back to work next week

Boehner says Congress, Obama must keep seeking 'fiscal cliff' deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Friday congressional leaders and President Barack Obama must try to move on from Republicans' failed tax plan and work together to avert the looming U.S. "fiscal cliff." Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, was unrepentant at a Capitol Hill news conference the day after the stunning failure of his "Plan B" option, a development that raised doubts about his own leadership and left negotiations in disarray

Republicans put squeeze on Obama in 'fiscal cliff' talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans tried to wring more tax-rate concessions out of the White House on Tuesday as political maneuvering intensified over an agreement to keep the U.S. economy from tumbling off the "fiscal cliff" next year. Markets rallied on hopes for a deal.

World shares up on 'fiscal cliff' optimism

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global shares rose on Monday, supported by signs of tentative progress on negotiations over the U.S. "fiscal cliff," while a win by Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party lifted the dollar to a 20-month high against the yen

Odds rise for 'fiscal cliff' fight entering 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "fiscal cliff" impasse is raising the odds that Congress will fail to meet a year-end deadline to avert steep tax hikes and budget cuts that could push the nation into another recession. With talks between President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner at an apparent standstill, analysts said on Friday that it was increasingly likely that Washington won't be able to reach a deal before January 1.

Asian shares ease as "fiscal cliff" weighs

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares snapped a week-long winning streak on Friday, tracking global equities lower, on concerns that U.S.

Boehner, Obama meet amid frustration over 'fiscal cliff' talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner met for an hour on Thursday as frustration mounted over the lack of progress on averting the "fiscal cliff" of steep tax increases and spending cuts. With an end-of-year deadline looming, the two leaders came together at the White House in an attempt to rejuvenate negotiations that had become bogged down in a daily round of finger-pointing. Earlier in the day, Boehner criticized Obama for putting jobs and the economic recovery at risk by insisting on raising tax rates for the wealthiest 2 percent.