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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 …
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg:
Democrat Manchin Breaks Ranks to Back Mandate Delay — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia broke ranks with fellow Democrats and said he'd support a stopgap spending plan that delays the individual mandate in President Barack Obama's health-care law. — “There's no way I could not vote for it …
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 …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House adviser compares Republicans to terrorists in fiscal fight
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The GOP should just do it — Shut down the government!
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Business Insider and The Hill
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
First on CNN: NRSC targets vulnerable Democrats
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Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Dan Pfeiffer: W.H. not ‘negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest’
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Bill Clinton Calls Parts of House GOP Proposal To Raise Debt Ceiling ‘Chilling,’ ‘Spiteful’
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Raises Stakes in Debt-Ceiling Fight
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
What's in a name? Lots when it comes to Obamacare/ACA
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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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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 …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Wendy Davis tells Democrats she's in — Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis and her advisers have begun informing influential Democrats that she intends to run for governor in 2014, according to multiple sources familiar with Davis's conversations. — The Fort Worth legislator made a national name …
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Texas' Davis Is Expected to Enter Race for Governor
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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 …
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Paul Krugman
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 …
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Lizzy Davies / Guardian:
Pasta firm Barilla boycotted over ‘classic family’ remarks — Chairman Guido Barilla causes outrage in Italy after saying he would not consider using a gay family to advertise his products — Gay rights activists in Italy have launched a boycott of the world's leading pasta maker …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner:
SEIU unionists strike over Obamacare-related cuts — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE LABOR HEALTH CARE AFL-CIO — Members of the Chicago-based Service Employees International Union Local 1 have gone on strike over recent job cuts by a janitorial company called Professional Maintenance.
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Ryan Lizza / Comment:
WHERE THE G.O.P.'S SUICIDE CAUCUS LIVES — On August 21st, Congressman Mark Meadows sent a letter to John Boehner. Meadows is a former restaurant owner and Sunday-school Bible teacher from North Carolina. He's been in Congress for eight months. Boehner, who has served in Congress for twenty-two years …
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