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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Government shutdown: John Boehner's private fight for Hill health subsidies — With the federal government nearing shutdown, House Speaker John Boehner stood on the House floor Monday and called on his colleagues to vote for a bill banning a “so-called exemption” that lawmakers and staffers receive for their health insurance.
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Six Headlines About The Government Shutdown That Will Destroy Your Faith In Journalism — The government shut down because a small group of Republicans, led by Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), insist on linking continued funding to repealing, defunding, or delaying Obamacare.
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated) — Reid's office is considering leaking emails between his chief of staff, David Krone, above, and Boehner's chief. (CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Updated 11:30 a.m. | Senate Democrats are considering leaking …
John Boehner / USA Today:
Obama owns this shutdown now — Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening the government. — CONNECT — The president isn't telling the whole story when it comes to the government shutdown. The fact is that Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House GOP to try piecemeal funding; Obama threatens veto — House Republicans on Tuesday will move to re-open small portions of the federal government, bringing up bills to fund the National Park Service, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and operations for the District of Columbia.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Power Line
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRINGING GUNS TO A GUNFIGHT — This is more like it, thank you. … This would only be responding in kind. For years, Washington worked on a system of both written and unwritten rules of behavior. One of the marked characteristics of the reign of the morons has been to trash …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Mahablog
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
‘House Of Turds’: NY Daily News Mocks Boehner As Shutdown Arrives (PHOTO)
‘House Of Turds’: NY Daily News Mocks Boehner As Shutdown Arrives (PHOTO)
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Paul Krugman, Balloon Juice, Mediaite, The Hinterland Gazette and Shakesville
Politico:
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills
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Matt Vasilogambros / NationalJournal.com:
The Day After the Government Shut Down — Live updates …
The Day After the Government Shut Down — Live updates …
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Nick Gillespie / Reason:
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
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NPR, Outside the Beltway and Hit & Run
CNN:
Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade — Update 1:45 p.m. ET: House GOP leadership sources tell CNN they plan to vote on a series of bills to fund the government, beginning Tuesday with three measures-spending for veterans, the District of Columbia and the Park Service.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Cruz apologizes for ‘Bataan Death March’ comment — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has apologized to a group of Filipino military veterans for his comparison of his 21-hour Senate floor speech to the Bataan death march. — The Texas senator thanked staffers and Capitol Hill workers for putting …
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Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Obama admin. knew about WWII veterans' request and rejected it
Obama admin. knew about WWII veterans' request and rejected it
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WND and Weasel Zippers
Leo Shane III / Stars & Stripes:
WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown
WWII veterans storm D.C. memorial closed by government shutdown
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Witness: Mississippi Congressman ‘Opened The Barricade’ To Closed WWII Memorial
Witness: Mississippi Congressman ‘Opened The Barricade’ To Closed WWII Memorial
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Surprises abound as shutdown begins
Washington Post:
Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials
Visiting veterans storm closed war memorials
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Corey Boles / Washington Wire:
Senate: Shutdown May Persist More Than Two Weeks, Brush Against Debt Ceiling — Don't expect the government shutdown to end soon. — That was the message Tuesday from Senate Republican leaders and Democratic aides who said there is a growing likelihood that non-essential parts …
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Jonathan Tamari / Philly.com:
GOP's LoBiondo, Meehan: time for House to change course
GOP's LoBiondo, Meehan: time for House to change course
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ThinkProgress, The Hill, Post Politics, Washington Post and The Hinterland Gazette
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Politico: Obama Shows ‘Resolve and Strength’ By Shutting Government
Politico: Obama Shows ‘Resolve and Strength’ By Shutting Government
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Politico, Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
The Saddest Paragraph You'll Read About the Government Shutdown Today — With NIH furloughs, children with cancer are being turned away from clinical trials. — You've heard about the Pandacam, the closed monuments and national parks, and the furloughed federal workers.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Shutdown Ripples Through Federal Workplaces, Tourist Spots
Shutdown Ripples Through Federal Workplaces, Tourist Spots
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Technical problems plague launch of ObamaCare (Video) — ObamaCare's new health insurance marketplaces experienced a range of technical glitches Tuesday morning as they opened to enroll patients for the first time. — The federally facilitated online exchanges include functions for creating an account …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Sebelius: “Give Us the Same Slack You Give Apple”
Sebelius: “Give Us the Same Slack You Give Apple”
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Elise Young / Political Capital:
Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, and his wife, Anita, arrive for his state of the state address in the house chambers at the state capitol, on, Jan. 29, 2013, in Austin, Texas. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry today owned up to an “oops” moment that wasn't even his.
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Josh Eidelson / Salon:
Grayson blames shutdown on GOP literally drinking on the job — “Many of them seem loaded,” the liberal congressman says, charging his GOP colleagues smelled like alcohol — In a Tuesday interview, Rep. Alan Grayson charged that Republican House members have been literally intoxicated …
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Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Two Russians Walk Into a Parliamentary Crisis... What is a president in a presidential constitutional republic to do when faced with an intransigent, bull-headed faction among his people's representatives? — Well, Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first democratically elected president …
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Roxanne Palmer / International Business Times:
US Government Shutdown And Science: Curiosity Goes To Sleep, Flu Monitoring Goes Offline [UPDATE] — Note: this article has been updated with new information about the Mars Curiosity rover. — With no budget compromise on the immediate horizon, the U.S. government looks to be headed for shutdown starting on Tuesday.
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Matthew DeLuca / NBCNews:
Sorry, we're closed: Government shutdown ripples across the country
Sorry, we're closed: Government shutdown ripples across the country
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court grants eight cases — The Supreme Court, returning from its summer recess, on Tuesday granted review of eight new cases, including one involving a long-running copyright dispute in Hollywood over the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated 1980 movie, Raging Bull, about the life of boxer Jake LaMotta.
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Ben Carson: ‘I had my first encounter with the IRS’ after challenging Obama — At an event in Birmingham, Ala. Monday night, former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson revealed that he had received a visit from the Internal Revenue Service following his much-noted remarks at a National Prayer Breakfast earlier this year.
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Ross Douthat:
Is Republican Intransigence Reasonable? — Tyler Cowen on the politics of the looming government shutdown: … This is as good a summary as I've seen of the basic strategy being pursued by the savvier of what you might call the House Intransigents. Not by all of them, however: Pace Cowen …
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Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Accidentally Shows Press Cover of Classified Document — Vice President Joe Biden appeared Monday to show the cover of a codeword-classified document to reporters during a meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — The contents of the document …
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