Faced with a boycott from Democrats just yesterday, Tom Price and Steven Mnuchin are confirmed after the Senate Finance Committee moved to approve both with only Republicans participating.

The Senate has passed a spending plan hours before the shutdown deadline when government funding expires.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to block federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year, though the action didnt satisfy some Republicans who are prepared to shut down the federal government over the issue.

The New Jersey governor will call for phasing out retirement payments to those with more than $200,000 a year in other income.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a second-term Republican who has called President Barack Obamas health-care overhaul a failed federal program, is benefiting from it in his fiscal 2016 budget.

The New Jersey governor has seen his approval rating fall to record lows.

The panel said the states combined liabilities in pensions and retiree health-care costs are about $90 billion.

As many as 400 people among 2,500 who signed up for a Sept 10 job fair in Atlantic City asked about enrolling in health coverage under PPACA.