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Steven Shepard

Oversight

Poll: Don't Tie Shutdown to Obamacare Funding

Overwhelmingly, Americans think Congress should fund the federal government and deal with health care separately.

Oversight

Poll: Don't Shut Down the Government Over Obamacare

Despite overall ambivalence toward the law, voters overwhelmingly oppose defunding it.

Oversight

Poll: Country divided over debt ceiling, deficit feduction

Respondents split on whether there should be a mixture of tax hikes and spending cuts.

Management

Gallup: Signs of an Obama convention bounce

August jobs numbers could render the gains fleeting.

Oversight

Another national poll shows neck-and-neck race

The president leads his challenger by a hair in latest CBS News survey.

Management

Tampa mayor: Storm threat greatly diminished

Hurricane Center official cautions city is 'not off the hook yet.'

Oversight

A split verdict on Ryan as Romney's veep choice

Views of Ryan are 33 percent positive, 32 percent negative.

Oversight

Tropical threat emerges for next week's GOP convention

Spokesman confident in ability to handle any situation.

News

Americans are glum about direction of country, poll finds

Eighty percent of Americans describe themselves as 'dissatisfied' or 'angry' about the way the federal government works.

News

Pew poll shows widespread dissatisfaction with Washington

Only 11 percent of Americans are 'basically content' with the federal government today, poll finds.

News

Americans warming to raising debt ceiling, polls find

Majority of Americans now believes economic crisis will result if debt deal isn't reached by the August 2, poll shows.

News

Most Americans back debt ceiling compromise

Almost 70 percent of independents want Republican leaders to compromise, but 53 percent of Republicans want their lawmakers to stick to their positions.

Oversight

Wording matters when polling on collective bargaining

The word "rights" in national polling was making respondents change the way they answered.