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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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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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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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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.
Politico:
Collision course: CR and debt ceiling — A harsh reality began setting into Capitol Hill on Tuesday: The U.S. government may not reopen until the two parties reach a deal to raise the national debt ceiling. — Hours after federal agencies shuttered their doors for the first time in nearly two decades …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes down GOP's piecemeal spending bills
House votes down GOP's piecemeal spending bills
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Corey Boles / Washington Wire:
Senate: Shutdown May Persist More Than Two Weeks, Brush Against Debt Ceiling
Senate: Shutdown May Persist More Than Two Weeks, Brush Against Debt Ceiling
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRINGING GUNS TO A GUNFIGHT
THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRINGING GUNS TO A GUNFIGHT
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Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated)
Democrats Divulge Emails With Boehner Staff as Shutdown Fight Gets Personal (Updated)
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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Vulnerable Republicans: End the shutdown
Vulnerable Republicans: End the shutdown
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Politico:
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills
House GOP to vote on narrow funding bills
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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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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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
McCain: ‘Apocalypse is upon us’ (Video) — The Department of Defense released a statement early Tuesday that shocked college sports fans. The department said that all athletic competitions at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies would be postponed for as long as the government remained closed.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Veterans Plot To Expand Revolt Against Government Shutdown — They might tear down the barricades at the Lincoln Memorial next — and pee on the trees — to protest Washington dysfunction. “People here need to be thinking about serving their country and not their own sorry butts.”
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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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CNN:
Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade
Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade
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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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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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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 Is Pain for Some, Irritant for Most
Shutdown Is Pain for Some, Irritant for Most
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
The real story of the shutdown: 50 years of GOP race-baiting — A House minority from white districts want to destroy the first black president, and the GOP majority abets them — On the day the Affordable Care Act takes effect, the U.S. government is shut down, and it may be permanently broken.
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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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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Unskewing Obama's Sexuality — Dean Chambers, the man who helped “unskew” polls during the 2012 presidential campaign to show Mitt Romney was actually leading, now says President Obama is gay. — “I think Sullivan is right, but not for the right reason. I do believe that Barack Obama is in fact our first gay president.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Sebelius: “Give Us the Same Slack You Give Apple” — A number of people trying to access HealthCare.gov or equivalent state level marketplaces this morning are experiencing technical difficulties. This will not be surprising to devoted Moneybox readers, and at a briefing I attended yesterday …
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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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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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NPR:
House GOP Didn't Blink, Focused On Defunding Obamacare … The focal point of the fight over continued funding for the federal government has been the effort by conservatives in the House to defund the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment begins Tuesday. Steve Inskeep talks to Arizona Republican …
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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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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Ted Cruz May Be Unwittingly Boosting Rand Paul's Brand — Cruz has redefined extremism in the Republican Party to such an extent that Paul doesn't come across as such a dangerous fringe candidate anymore. — WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leaves a Republican Senate caucus meeting …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Rand Paul: Open the government
Rand Paul: Open the government
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