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Rick Perry has an economic plan. He wants the federal government to spend less money, and he wants huge tax cuts.

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders unveiled separate deficit reduction plans Monday as top officials scrambled to bridge a cavernous partisan divide and raise the federal government's debt ceiling before an unprecedented -- and potentially devastating -- national default.

The federal government is lowering the cost of health insurance in many states for people who are already sick.

The federal government, the country's biggest property owner, is looking to unload a hefty chunk of its real estate portfolio.

The federal government says it will stop doing business with CEOs whose companies break the law.

Lawmakers pushed through a last-minute spending bill Friday night to avert a shutdown and keep the federal government open for business.

So if the federal government shuts down, taxpayers would save a lot of money, right?

If Congress fails to approve a spending bill by this Friday, the federal government will shut down.

The fiscal year is 162 days old, and the federal government is still operating without a budget. And it doesn't look like one will be arriving anytime soon.

Cutting spending is not the best way to curb the federal government's long-term deficit, a top White House official told a conference of leading economists Tuesday.