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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onJanuary 21, 2018
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Article snippet: Only one of the four men who made assault and harassment allegations against the husband of state Senator Stan Rosenberg has spoken to investigators.  Americans are feeling the best about the economy in two decades, according to the ABC-Washington Post poll released Sunday.  A look at what the parties are fighting over and what some of the effects of the shutdown are likely to be.  In the Boston area and across the country, demonstrators marched in support of women’s rights and other issues.   “If this is a short shutdown, I don’t believe there will be much disruption of any kind,” Baker told reporters.  Except for the furiously pointing fingers, Congress moved sluggishly through the first day of a federal shutdown Saturday.  A Senate showdown vote on a Republican plan for ending the federal shutdown is on track to occur by early Monday.  Attractions operated by the federal government closed Saturday after Congress failed to pass a budget bill, forcing a government shutdown.  President Trump blamed the government shutdown on congressional Democrats.  The US military faced a variety of consequences as a result of a federal government shutdown Saturday.   Prominent Russian business leaders and activists attended inaugural festivities, mingling at balls and receptions.  <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. Th... Link to the full article to read more

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