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10:30 AM ET, September 27, 2013

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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House Republicans lack votes to move plan to raise debt ceiling  —  House Republican leaders found themselves struggling to secure the votes on Thursday for a debt ceiling measure they hoped to swiftly pass through the House as the latest salvo in a multi-front fiscal fight.
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New York Times:
A Republican Ransom Note  —  On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sent the House a very serious warning that, for the first time, the United States would be unable to pay its bills beginning on Oct. 17 if the debt ceiling is not lifted.  House leaders responded on Thursday …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House adviser compares Republicans to terrorists in fiscal fight
Discussion: Power Line
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:   The GOP should just do it  —  Shut down the government!
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Scorns G.O.P. ‘Blackmail’ on Health Law
Discussion: The Week and Hot Air
Politico:
House GOP banking on Plan C
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:   Bill Clinton Calls Parts of House GOP Proposal To Raise Debt Ceiling ‘Chilling,’ ‘Spiteful’
Steve Beshear / New York Times:
My State Needs Obamacare.  Now.  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — SUNDAY morning news programs identify Kentucky as the red state with two high-profile Republican senators who claim their rhetoric represents an electorate that gave President Obama only about a third of its presidential vote in 2012.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House says it isn't behind ‘Adorable Care Act’  —  It would have been a clever move for the White House or Organizing for Action to turn to cute animals and social media to try to draw attention to the start of the Affordable Care Act's registration period.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Shutdown Forecast: 50-50  —  NOTABLES  — LOOKING FOR PROGRESS IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: On “Good Morning America” today ABC's JONATHAN KARL put the chances of a shutdown — or a catastrophic default — at 50-50.  “As that clock ticks down toward shutdown there is no real sign of progress anywhere,” Karl said.
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
What's in a name?  Lots when it comes to Obamacare/ACA  —  What's in a name?  When it comes to the debate over health care, apparently a lot.  —  In CNBC's third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, we asked half of the 812 poll respondents if they support Obamacare and the other half if they support the Affordable Care Act.
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.N. Deal on Syrian Arms Is Milestone After Years of Inertia  —  UNITED NATIONS — The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons, but there will be no automatic penalties if the Syrians fail to comply, officials said Thursday.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Most of Syria's toxins can be destroyed more easily than officials initially thought
Reuters:
Text of Draft United Nations Resolution on Syrian Chemical Weapons
Discussion: Lawfare
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Corker takes on Cruz as GOP feuding moves to the Senate floor  —  Feuding in the Republican conference moved to the Senate floor on Thursday as Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) accused two colleagues of risking a government shutdown as a publicity stunt.  —  “The reason you don't want to send …
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, WJLA-TV and CNN
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Senate Is Set to Vote on Budget Bill as House Weighs Options
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Allen West Out At PJ Media  —  Sources say he had an anti-Semitic exchange with a staffer, calling her a “Jewish American princess.”  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  Former Congressman Allen West is leaving his job at Pajamas Media after an altercation with a female staffer …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
First on CNN: NRSC targets vulnerable Democrats  —  Washington (CNN) - As the Senate begins getting down to the business on Friday of whether to defund the health care law backed by President Barack Obama, a national Republican political committee cautions Democratic incumbents facing tough reelection fights.
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Tom Holbrook / The Numbers:   States of Change
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
Osborne has now been proved wrong on austerity  —  Nobody thought a recovery would never happen - merely that it would be delayed  —  The UK economy is recovering.  The government is vindicated.  Its critics should crawl into a hole.  This, in essence, is what George Osborne …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Texas' Davis Is Expected to Enter Race for Governor  —  HOUSTON — Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator whose filibuster in June against an abortion bill backed by the state's powerful Republicans catapulted her to national political prominence, has told supporters and potential donors …
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and NPR
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Wendy Davis tells Democrats she's in
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Heitkamp warns Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline approval  —  Senator predicts a partial government shutdown Tuesday in ‘a game of Russian roulette.’  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a freshman Democrat from North Dakota, is ready to take on President Obama over the long-delayed approval …
Discussion: The Hill and Weekly Standard
Daily Mail:
So much for keeping a low profile: George Zimmerman is pulled over for the THIRD time since he was acquitted  —  George Zimmerman was pulled over by police for the third time since his acquittal, it emerged today.  —  Zimmerman was stopped by Florida Highway Patrol troopers in Brevard County on August 19 just after 11am.
USA Today:
U.N. panel delivers landmark climate change report  —  United Nations climate change study says man to blame for Earth's warming.  —  CONNECT  —  Global warming is “unequivocal” and it is “extremely likely” that humans are the primary contributors to this warming, according …
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
NRA announces fundraising record  —  FAIRFAX, Va. (WTVR) - The National Rifle Association announced its grassroots fundraising program “Friends of NRA” is having a record fundraising year.  —  “The success of this year's Friends of NRA banquets would not have been possible without the hard work …
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Inspector general: NSA spied on significant others  —  Some employees of the National Security Agency inappropriately used surveillance to snoop on significant others, the agency's inspector general says.  —  The IG laid out 12 instances of wrongdoing in his response to a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley …
Discussion: Firedoglake
 
 
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Iranian ‘moderate’  —  The search, now 30 years old, for Iranian “moderates” goes on.
Discussion: NBCNews
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Clinton Meeting Showcases a Political Family
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
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Julia Ryan / The Atlantic Online:
This Year's SAT Scores Are Out, and They're Grim
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