Senate approves defense policy bill, baiting veto

Budget

Federal, military credit unions offer shutdown financial assistance

Senate Democratic leaders and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., face a looming Oct. 1 deadline to avoid a government shutdown
Watchdog: VA may have overpaid millions in Gulf War Syndrome benefits

Investigators estimate that the Veterans Benefits Administration “prematurely” approved thousands of claims.
Bracing for a budget fight, lawmakers propose bill to prevent shutdown

Lawmakers said the proposed bill is specifically a response to the brewing threat of a shutdown.
The avoidable consequences of a government shutdown

The real hostages, and eventual losers in this blame game, are not elected officials or single issues of contention; they are American taxpayers.