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National Journal - Billy House
With big deadlines and political hurdles looming over fights to keep the government funded and hike the nation’s borrowing limit, a meeting Thursday of the top four congressional leaders could set the tone for the autumn.
Defense News - John T. Bennett
The drums of war were replaced Thursday on Capitol Hill by a more familiar sound: House and Senate leaders bickering over federal spending.
Pryor Times - Patrick B. McGuigan
Oklahoma activists opposed to U.S. intervention in the Syrian civil war in recent days have intensified their campaign.
Led by two well-known and respected military veterans, a coalition has formed that is characterized as “tea party to socialist to anarchist.”
Tulsa World - Randy Krehbiel
Tom Cole watched the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfold from an office across Lafayette Park from the White House. A television told him what was happening in New York. From a window, he could see troops deploying around and on the White House as jet fighters screeched through the sky. In the distance, smoke rose over the Pentagon.
Indian Country Times - Rob Capriccioso
U.S. House members across the aisles are reacting harshly to a plan by the Obama administration to cut contract support cost (CSC) reimbursements to tribes in the federal budget’s continuing resolution currently being considered by Congress.
The Hill - Russell Berman, Erik Wasson and Molly K. Hooper
The federal government moved closer to the brink of a shutdown on Wednesday as House Republicans failed to quell a conservative rebellion and were forced to delay a vote on a stopgap spending bill.
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
TIME - Alex Rogers
Facing yet another conservative rebellion, House Republican leaders postponed a vote on the continuing resolution to fund the government Wednesday, setting up a dramatic showdown at the end of September to prevent a government shutdown. A preliminary vote had been expected Thursday.