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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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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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House adviser compares Republicans to terrorists in fiscal 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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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.
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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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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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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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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
First on CNN: NRSC targets vulnerable Democrats
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Senate Is Set to Vote on Budget Bill as House Weighs Options
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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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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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Sen. Rand Paul / Washington Times:
Why must the American people suffer when even so many Democrats don't want Obamacare? — Officials who implemented the law should not escape its pain — Earlier this week, in an effort led by Sen. Ted Cruz, some of my Republican colleagues and I took to the Senate floor with the intent of making Washington listen.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Young Voters Backing Gay Rights 69% Is Republican Hurdle — Fifty-five percent of Americans and 7 out of 10 young people support allowing gay couples to marry. A majority of Republicans, 52 percent, oppose it. — Forty percent of Republicans say state legislatures should continue pushing for laws curbing abortion rights.
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Mara Gay / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg on the brink: Testy exchange with reporters leads to threat of ending press conferences — Mayor Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of a business news and media company, has frequently boiled over when dealing with probing journalists but his temper seems to be reaching …
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Tom DeLay: 'I'll keep fighting' — (CNN) - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who resigned amid scandal in 2006, said he's “coming back” now that his 2010 conviction for money laundering has been overturned. — DeLay also weighed in on the current showdown in Congress over the spending bill and debt limit.
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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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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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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Ron Paul to Rand on 2016: ‘You could get elected’ — Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Ky.) has a warning for his son Rand, a Republican senator from Kentucky and possible presidential contender: Be careful, you could win. — Asked by NBC's Jay Leno whether he had any advice for his son …
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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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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cruz can't be president, Texas Dem says — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) floor fight this week proved he could never be president. — “I think what became clear this week is that he can't be president and the reason is nobody will follow him …
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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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