Political Issues

The estimated cost of the two federal government shutdowns in fiscal 1996 was more than $1.4 billion ($2.1 billion in today's dollars).

This is the fourth year for the popular Unmentionables panel at Health 2.0, covering topics that aren't discussed in health care.

Survey Report With a possible government shutdown just hours away, public anger at the federal government is as high as at any point since the Pew Research Center began asking the question in 1997. Anger is most palpable among conservative Republicans – 41% say they are angry at the federal government, the highest among any […]

As the government faces its first shutdown since 1995-1996, the standoff between the Obama administration and Republicans over the federal budget is occurring in a different public opinion environment than when President Bill Clinton faced off with the GOP-controlled House.

Susannah Fox will be the kick-off speaker for a discussion of how data is transforming health and health care.

Susannah Fox will conduct a 90-minute Master Class on participatory research: models, methods, opportunities, and challenges.

China and the U.S., the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, are among the least worried about climate change.

The 1995-1996 government shutdowns didn’t help the GOP’s image, but the party had lost support among the public well before they happened.

Raising the federal debt limit has given both Republicans and Democrats, in Congress and the White House, fits for decades.