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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Key players in the shutdown debate — 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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Bloomberg:
Republicans' Shutdown Fight Exposes Simmering Civil War — The Republican war with President Barack Obama over funding the government and the new health-care law will play out in the coming days and months. The conflict now exposed within the party may shape its future for years.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
The Speaker's Slog — There were no tears, just cheers, when Speaker John Boehner announced his latest fiscal strategy on Saturday at a closed-door conference meeting. Even Boehner's longtime critics praised him for pushing a government-spending bill that also delayed Obamacare for one year and repealed the medical-device tax.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes to Bat For the Democratic Party — Why do Republicans never seem to come out ahead politically when they go toe-to-toe with the Democrats? Part of the reason, at least, is that the press, to a greater extent than at any time in our history, is monolithically Democrat.
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New York Times:
Senate Action on Health Law Moves to Brink of Shutdown — WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to reject decisively a House bill that would delay the full effect of President Obama's health care law as a condition for keeping the government running past Monday, as Senator Harry Reid …
Holly Yan / CNN:
Government shutdown: What you need to know — (CNN) — Let's start with the obvious question: Will the government shut down this week? Most likely. — Republicans and Democrats can agree on that. It's everything else that has them bickering and blaming.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senator Denounces House GOP's Obamacare Strategy
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Countdown to Shutdown
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Eric Garland / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Pompeo: I'll try to enroll in ObamaCare exchange
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
POLL: Voters Are ‘Unmoved’ By Government Shutdown Drama, Still Don't Want To Delay Obamacare
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Washington Post:
Washington braces for the first shutdown of the national government in 17 years
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans toss insults at Harry Reid
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John Dickerson / Slate:
What Will Boehner Do? — The ball is in his court.
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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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Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN Films cancels Hillary Clinton doc, director cites pressure from Clinton aides — CNN Films has decided to cancel its highly anticipated documentary about Hillary Clinton after director Charles H. Ferguson backed away from the project on Monday, citing a lack of participants due to pressure from Clinton-world.
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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
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.
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Gallup:
Two in Three Uninsured Americans Plan to Buy Insurance — Less than half say they will use the state or federal exchanges — PRINCETON, NJ — Nearly two in three uninsured Americans say they will get insurance by Jan. 1, 2014, rather than pay a fine as mandated by the Affordable Care Act …
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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 …
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
The Right Gets Its '60s — “Something's happening here. — What it is ain't exactly clear. The right-wing campaign to sabotage the Affordable Care Act has driven a lot of normally temperate people past the edge of exasperation. Pundits have described the crusade as crazy, stupid …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Rebels Without a Clue — This may be the way the world ends — not with a bang but with a temper tantrum. — O.K., a temporary government shutdown — which became almost inevitable after Sunday's House vote to provide government funding only on unacceptable conditions — wouldn't be the end of the world.
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Danger to economy worries experts weighing potential government shutdown, default
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Roger Simon / Politico:
The frauds on the Hill target Obama — Who are these people? Of what are they made that they can say and do such things on the floor of Congress? — No nonsense is too great, no act too low. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) leaves the floor of the House in the wee hours of Sunday morning …
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
House Republican Hostage-Takers Are Unfit to Govern — They're threatening an economic shutdown that will cause financial hardship and even ruin for millions of Americans. So let's call these House Republicans what they are, says Jon Favreau. — The most terrifying speech I ever wrote for President Obama was one he never gave.
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