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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Shutdown would be GOP's fault — Washington (CNN) — If the federal government shuts down starting Tuesday because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, more people say congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama would be responsible, according to a new national survey.
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NationalJournal.com:
State of Play: Republicans Getting Wobbly on a Government Shutdown — The most important updates on the brewing government shutdown. — The government will shut down at midnight unless Democrats and Republicans reach a budget deal to keep it open, but with just hours to go, the two sides remain very far apart.
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Moderates Revolt Over CR — For almost three years, the story in the House has been about Speaker John Boehner's restive right flank causing him problems. But Republican moderates have apparently had enough. — In what is by far their boldest stand since the GOP took control of the House in 2010 …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Congress, tea party hit all-time low in CNN polling — Washington (CNN) — As the hours wind down toward a possible government shutdown because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, the approval rating for Congress is plummeting to historic lows.
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Politico:
Government shutdown: House GOP leaders huddle — House Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team will meet twice Monday morning, as House Republicans mull how - and if - they will avoid a government shutdown. — The Senate is expected to reject House-passed legislation that would keep …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects House funding bill with government shutdown in clear sight — Congress took another step toward a government shutdown Monday as the Senate voted 54-46 to strip language from a House funding bill that delayed ObamaCare by a year. — Senate Democrats called on House Republicans …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems make counteroffer to GOP: We'll accept sequester cuts — House Democratic leaders said Monday they'll accept the sequester cuts as part of a short-term spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. — The lawmakers framed their concession as a counteroffer …
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ThinkProgress:
49 Republicans Who Say Shutting Down The Government Over Obamacare Is A Big Mistake — The government may very well shut down on Tuesday, thanks to a set of Republicans who refuse to pass any legislation to continue funding it unless the law also defunds or delays Obamacare.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Shutdown showdown hits brink as Senate kills House spending bill — The Senate voted Monday afternoon to kill House Republicans' latest stopgap spending offer, holding firm in their demand that Congress continue to fund Obamacare as part of any government-funding debate.
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Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Extremely Extreme Extremists — Democrats and their media allies have spent the past week labeling Republicans “anarchists,” “fanatics,” “radicals,” and “terrorists” who are wholly to blame for the situation that we are told will soon lead to a government shutdown.
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New York Times:
Obama Criticizes G.O.P. as Senate Rejects House's Terms on Budget
Obama Criticizes G.O.P. as Senate Rejects House's Terms on Budget
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Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Republicans, don't cave on shutdown
Republicans, don't cave on shutdown
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
New Poll: Only One-Third Of Americans Support Repealing, Defunding Or Delaying Obamacare
New Poll: Only One-Third Of Americans Support Repealing, Defunding Or Delaying Obamacare
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
John Boehner doesn't have to let the Tea Party paralyze whole government
John Boehner doesn't have to let the Tea Party paralyze whole government
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Shutdown looms as House GOP tries again on ObamaCare
Shutdown looms as House GOP tries again on ObamaCare
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Countdown to Shutdown
Countdown to Shutdown
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How 30 House Republicans are forcing the Obamacare fight
How 30 House Republicans are forcing the Obamacare fight
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
5 things to know today about the government shutdown
5 things to know today about the government shutdown
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TIME:
Hidden Hand: How Heritage Action Drove DC To Shut Down
Hidden Hand: How Heritage Action Drove DC To Shut Down
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Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work
Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work
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Bloomberg:
Republicans' Shutdown Fight Exposes Simmering Civil War
Republicans' Shutdown Fight Exposes Simmering Civil War
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Disapproval on Budget Debate Puts the GOP at Greater Risk
Disapproval on Budget Debate Puts the GOP at Greater Risk
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Obama urges House to ‘do the right thing’ and pass a clean spending bill
Obama urges House to ‘do the right thing’ and pass a clean spending bill
Robert Costa / National Review:
The Speaker's Slog
The Speaker's Slog
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Paul Begala / CNN:
Three ways to score the shutdown battle
Three ways to score the shutdown battle
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Charles Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
Why I Am Cancelling My Documentary on Hillary Clinton — In late 2012, CNN Films approached me about directing a documentary. We discussed a number of potential subjects, and eventually settled on Hillary Rodham Clinton. The film would be ambitious, controversial, and highly visible.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Scraps Hillary Clinton Miniseries
NBC Scraps Hillary Clinton Miniseries
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
CNN's Hillary Clinton Movie Has Been Canceled, Director Says
CNN's Hillary Clinton Movie Has Been Canceled, Director Says
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Right-wing extremists “are guilty of murder,” Sen. Angus King tells Salon — In an interview with Salon, Independent senator unloads on conservatives who urge young people to remain uninsured — Tuesday begins a 6-month race to enroll as many uninsured people as possible in the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges.
New York Times:
Qaeda Plot Leak Has Undermined U.S. Intelligence — WASHINGTON — As the nation's spy agencies assess the fallout from disclosures about their surveillance programs, some government analysts and senior officials have made a startling finding: the impact of a leaked terrorist plot by Al Qaeda …
Henry J. Aaron / New York Times:
Obama Should Ignore the Debt Ceiling — WASHINGTON — THE United States government is likely to shut down nonessential services tomorrow, after House Republicans voted before dawn yesterday to attach a one-year delay of President Obama's health care law (and a repeal of a tax to pay for it) …
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Tory Newmyer / Fortune:
The DNC is nearly broke — As the government nears shutdown, the fundraising arm of the Democratic Party is having a budget crisis of its own. — FORTUNE — There's another budget crisis in Washington, and it's unfolding inside the Democratic party. The Democratic National Committee remains …
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NY Daily News:
'Because you're black': Framboise Patisserie in Middle Village, Queens, hit with $25,000 in fines, penalties in discrimination case — 'I can't hire you because you're black,' Jamilah DaCosta, 25, said she was told when she tried to get a job at the bakery.
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Anger at Government Most Pronounced among Conservative Republicans — Young Adults Largely Tune Out Shutdown Drama — With a possible government shutdown just hours away, public anger at the federal government is as high as at any point since the Pew Research Center began asking the question in 1997.
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