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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Who Won the Shutdown Showdown? It Wasn't Even Close — While Republicans wanted to cut more spending in Saturday's early morning compromise to keep the government open, they think they got the better of the deal. — Here's why: HR1 was originally to seek spending cuts …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Rep. Allen West will vote no on budget deal — Rep. Allen West is against the bipartisan budget deal struck by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the Obama administration. — West told The Hill that $39 billion in cuts is insufficient. Asked whether he was pleased with the agreement on policy riders …
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BooMan / Booman Tribune:
The Aftermath — I have to rescind my assessment last night that John Boehner got nothing out of the late negotiations on the 2011 budget. Apparently, he won the restoration of a ban on the District of Columbia spending its own money to help poor women obtain abortions.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
The No-Shutdown Wrap: Boehner Wins, Austerity Wins, and the Social Conservatives Go Home With A “Participant” Trophy — Shortly after 10:50 p.m., Speaker of the House John Boehner was the first budget negotiator to announce that there'd been a deal, and a government shutdown would be averted.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Kyl Walks Back Planned Parenthood Claim: It ‘Was Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’ — As ThinkProgress reported earlier today, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) defended Republicans' willingness to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood by falsely claiming that abortion is …
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Washington Post:
Budget fight shows Washington still broken — Gallery: Government shutdown 2011: Congressional leaders agreed late Friday to a compromise that will keep the federal government funded for the remainder of the fiscal year. — As the midnight Friday deadline loomed for a possible government shutdown …
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ThinkProgress, The Democratic Daily, Right Wing News and Daily Kos
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Deal curbs D.C. abortions, includes other social issues
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Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
The Budget Skirmish Ends. The War Begins
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Washington Post:
Congressional leaders close to agreement on budget deal, aides say
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Minutes to shutdown, Congress strikes budget deal
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Speaker Boehner / Speaker:
KEY FACTS: Bipartisan Agreement on Spending Cuts to Support American Job Creation
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Report: Tentative Deal on Budget Being Reviewed by White House (UPDATE: Deal Reached)
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The Huffington Post and Suburban Guerrilla
Richard / The Huffington Post:
Why Progressives Keep On Losing and the Right Keeps On Winning — Congratulations! The “grand compromise” will cut nearly thirty nine billion dollars in needed government spending, which proves how “serious” everyone is about reducing the deficit. The grand compromisers could have cancelled …
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CNN:
Budget deal doesn't thrill some in the Tea Party movement — Washington (CNN) - Some leading national Tea Party organizations are anything but happy with Friday night's deal on the budget that prevented a federal government shutdown. — A spokesman for the Tea Party Express tells CNN the group isn't …
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year
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The Politico:
John Boehner closes the deal to avoid government shutdown
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Power Line, Wall Street Journal, Don Surber and Ballot Box
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Deal falls short of GOP cut pledge; ‘As good as we could get,’ Boehner says
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
REPORT: Deal Struck, Averts Shutdown (Insert ‘30 Pieces of Silver’ Joke Here)
The Hill:
Obama signs 7-day extension; First part of budget deal
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
It's A Deal: Dems, Republicans Strike Spending Deal To Avoid Government Shutdown
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NationalJournal.com:
Congressional Sources: White House Reviewing Terms of Spending Deal
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Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 — Sidney Lumet, a director who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood and whose stories of conscience — “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Verdict,” “Network” — became modern American film classics …
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Donald J. Trump / New York Times:
Donald Trump Responds — To the Editor: — Re “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” by Gail Collins (column, April 2): — Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me. Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent.
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Andrew Osborn / Telegraph:
Russia wants ‘red button’ rights for US missile defence system
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Ynetnews:
Muslims offended by Trinny & Susannah — Channel 10 apologizes for ads showing British fashion advisors in immodest clothing against backdrop of al-Aqsa Mosque — Eran Baron — Channel 10 apologized for the incident on Wednesday evening and promised to change the ads immediately.
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BBC:
US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan — The show will be set in a Pakistan village and be mostly in Urdu — The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street. — In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID …
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Ending America as We Know It — Hey, it's the weekend, and everyone's singing the same maddeningly catchy refrain! Rebecca Black's “Friday”? Nah, that was last week's moronic singalong. This week's is even perkier! “Paul Ryan proposes to end Medicare as we know it,” sings former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta.
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Success Of Hostage-Taking Highlights The Importance of Elections — Details on the appropriations deal are still hard to come by, but you don't need the details to know that substantial short-term cuts in domestic discretionary spending will hurt the poor while harming macroeconomic performance.
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Associated Press:
Soldiers and Protesters Clash in Cairo — CAIRO (AP) — Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest killing one and injuring 71.
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