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David Frum / david-frum:
Here Comes the Shutdown: Three Reasons It Will Hurt the GOP — Uh oh! A House plan to delay Obamacare has put the government on the brink of a shutdown—for real this time. David Frum on why the infighting is sure to backfire on the Republicans. — The federal government swerved toward …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
House GOP Mulls CR with Vitter Amendment — House GOP insiders acknowledge a shutdown is increasingly likely, due to House conservatives' aversion to passing a “clean” continuing resolution that simply funds the government. But the leadership isn't ready to concede defeat, and …
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Washington Post:
The House GOP's shutdown plan is great news — House Republicans plan to attach a one-year delay of Obamacare to the continuing resolution. That sharply increases the chances of a government shutdown beginning Monday night. — Good. — Speaker Boehner's original plan was to pass …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
From Bachmann, a persuasive case for why many Republicans don't fear a shutdown — Why have House Republicans pursued their effort to defund, and now to delay, Obamacare so relentlessly, even though they have almost zero chance of success in the face of a rapidly-approaching deadline for shutting down the government?
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McCarthy: ‘We are not shutting the government down’ — House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that several options are on the table for House GOP leaders if the Senate tosses the government funding bill back to the chamber without two anti-Obamacare changes approved by the House.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House sends stopgap to Senate hours before shutdown (Video) — House Republicans approved a stopgap spending bill that delays ObamaCare in an early-morning Sunday vote that increases the chances of a government shutdown. — The high-stakes GOP move intensifies a game of chicken …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Compares Republicans Trying To Take Down Obamacare To Heroes Of 9/11
Stan Collender / Stan Collender's Capital Gains …:
Cliffgate Update: Now A 90% Chance Of A Shutdown
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Austin Wright / Reuters:
House GOP moves to protect military pay in a shutdown
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House pushes U.S. to the edge of a shutdown
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Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
GOP adds ‘conscience clause’ to spending bill — Washington (CNN) - House Republicans have added a measure aimed at limiting contraceptive coverage to the spending bill coming up for a vote Saturday night, a spokesman for Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas, told CNN. — A senior House leadership aide confirmed that development.
New York Times:
Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll — The .45-caliber pistol that killed Lucas Heagren, 3, on Memorial Day last year at his Ohio home had been temporarily hidden under the couch by his father. But Lucas found it and shot himself through the right eye. “It's bad,” his mother told the 911 dispatcher.
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Reuters:
As government shutdown looms, Obamacare exchanges still set for launch — It's looking more and more like Tuesday will be a split-screen day: The government will shut down, and Obamacare will open for business. — That's going to annoy a lot of Republicans —because the ones who are pushing …
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Five Things Former President Clinton Took Away From the 2008 President Election — During an interview with ABC News, former President Bill Clinton was asked by “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos about the biggest lesson he learned from the 2008 presidential campaign, in which his wife …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Fed has become a creature of politics — Because Ben Bernanke's public persona is as mild as milk, the transformation in American governance in which he has participated is imperfectly understood and hence insufficiently deplored. The change is dramatized by two recent developments.
John Avlon / Telegraph:
American Way: US debt ceiling debacle as Congress threatens to go nuclear — You know things are bad when President Obama thinks he can negotiate with Iran but not Republicans in Congress, writes John Avlon. — For decades, the key question when dealing with the murderous mullahs …
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