memeorandum: Moderate Threat Fizzles (Jonathan Strong/National Review)

11:00 PM ET, September 30, 2013

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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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Yahoo! News, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and Balloon Juice

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

How 30 House Republicans are forcing the Obamacare fight — CONGRESS OBAMACARE JOHN BOEHNER HEALTH CARE STENY HOYER RAUL LABRADOR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — There are 233 Republicans in the House. Insiders estimate that three-quarters of them, or about 175 GOP lawmakers, are willing …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's … and National Review

Jonathan Strong / National Review:

Moderate Threat Fizzles — The size of a bloc of GOP moderates ready to bring down a vote on the House floor over the government funding bill shriveled from 25 lawmakers on Saturday to just two when the House voted just now to pass the rule. — New York Representative Peter King …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: CNN, ABC News, National Republican …, Washington Free Beacon, NPR, Daily Kos, Red Alert Politics, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Connecting.the.Dots

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.

Discussion: Wonkblog, Roll Call, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, Washington Post, Gawker, Yahoo! News, American Spectator, The Week, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and National Review

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 …

Discussion: Politico

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Pete King: House GOP's Delay Obamacare Plan ‘Is Going Nowhere’ — Rep. Pete King (R-NY) told National Review Online that moderate Republicans would revolt against House leadership's latest ploy to derail Obamacare in exchange for funding the government. — King said he had 25 House Republicans …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Business Insider

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Two hours before deadline, Senate rejects latest House funding bill

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
12 Republicans Vote ‘Nay’ On House GOP Anti-Obamacare Bill

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo: House GOP Signals Shutdown With Yet Another Anti-Obamacare Vote

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill: House GOP seeks conference with Senate Dems on shutdown

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects House funding bill with government shutdown in clear sight

Discussion: CNN, Politico, Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com and The Other McCain

Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Republicans, don't cave on shutdown

Discussion: Politico, Shakesville, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

TIME:
Hidden Hand: How Heritage Action Drove DC To Shut Down

Discussion: ABC News, NewsBusters, ABC News and Heritage Action for America

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
House passes new shutdown bill to force Congress to abide by Obamacare

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative and The Other McCain

Russell Berman / The Hill:
Shutdown looms as House GOP tries again on ObamaCare

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Post, Red Alert Politics and The Plum Line

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.

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite and Hot Air

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.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Weasel Zippers, Taegan Goddard's … and Washington Free Beacon

Avik Roy / Forbes:
New Poll: Only One-Third Of Americans Support Repealing, Defunding Or Delaying Obamacare

Discussion: CNN, Hullabaloo, Liberal Values, PoliticusUSA, Los Angeles Times, The Morning Consult, ThinkProgress and PolicyMic

ThinkProgress:
49 Republicans Who Say Shutting Down The Government Over Obamacare Is A Big Mistake

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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:

Cruz Offers To Donate Salary To Charity If ‘Reid Forces’ Shutdown — This post has been updated. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced Monday his intention to donate his congressional salary to charity for each day government remains closed, pinning blame for any potential shutdown …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

NationalJournal.com:
State of Play: Boehner's Moment of Truth

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune

New York Times:
Government Near Broad Shutdown in Budget Impasse

Discussion: TalkLeft, Taking Note, The Hinterland Gazette, Shakesville and Wall Street Journal

Catalina Camia / USA Today:
5 things to know today about the government shutdown

Discussion: NBCNews, Planet Washington, The Reaction and NPR

Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Extremely Extreme Extremists

Discussion: Ed Driscoll, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Lonely Conservative and New York Times

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Congress trying to ‘extract a ransom’

Discussion: Bloomberg and THEROOT.COM

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.

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

NBC Scraps Hillary Clinton Miniseries — “After reviewing and prioritizing our slate of movie/mini-series development, we've decided that we will no longer continue developing the Hillary Clinton miniseries,” the network said in a statement Monday. — David Livingston/Getty Images

Discussion: Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers and National Review, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Fresh DOJ loss in ‘Fast and Furious’ docs fight — A federal judge has rejected Attorney General Eric Holder's attempt to keep the courts from wading into the “Fast and Furious” documents dispute that led to him being held in contempt by the House last year.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air

Josh Gerstein / Politico: Attorney General Eric Holder gets ‘mad’ about shutdown impact

The United States Department of Justice:
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder on the Lawsuit Against the State of North Carolina

Discussion: BillMoyers.com, PolicyMic, The Reality-Based Community and The Raw Story

CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for September 30, 2013

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Pat Dollard and The Huffington Post

Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:

Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work — A government shutdown starting Tuesday, Oct. 1, now seems virtually certain. The House and Senate still can't agree on a bill to fund the government, and time has run out.

Discussion: The Verge, Washington Monthly and msnbc.com

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lights out for most, but not for all — A government shutdown …

Discussion: Politico

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Washington Free Beacon and The Lonely Conservative

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.