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New York Times:
Boehner Pledges to Avoid Default, Republicans Say — WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner has privately told Republican lawmakers anxious about fallout from the government shutdown that he would not allow a potentially more crippling federal default as the atmosphere on Capitol Hill turned increasingly tense on Thursday.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
How the White House sees the shutdown (and debt ceiling!) fight — To the White House, the shutdown/debt ceiling fight is quite simple, and quite radical: Republicans are trying to create a new, deeply undemocratic pathway through which a minority party that lost the last election can enact …
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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
GOP Donors Revolt Against Republican-Led Government Shutdown — It's not just Democrats who are angry at the Tea Party-led shutdown. Republican donors are furious their party has managed to ‘grab defeat from the jaws of victory’ on Obamacare—and some are withholding funds, reports David Freedlander.
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Republicans finally confronting reality: They're trapped! — Obama's ironclad resolve not to negotiate over the debt limit appears to finally be sinking in among GOP leaders — After struggling for weeks and weeks in stages one through four, Republicans are finally entering the final stage …
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nbcwashington.com:
Obama to Boehner: “Take a Vote. End This Shutdown Right Now” — President takes on Republicans during visit to Rockville, Md., construction company. — President Barack Obama took on House Republicans over the government shutdown again Thursday in a speech to a small Maryland construction company …
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
GOP aides: Boehner tells colleagues he will avoid a default on federal debt
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Admits To Donors: GOP Had To Shut Down The Government To Please The Tea Party
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Denny Hastert Disses the ‘Hastert Rule’: It ‘Never Really Existed’
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Politically Safe Lawmakers See No Shutdown Urgency
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Fiscal Crisis Continuing Coverage of the Budget Debates
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Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Obama blames Republican ‘obsession’ for government shutdown
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ABC News:
Attempt to Ram White House Gate Ends With Female Suspect Dead … An attempt to ram the White House gates ended with shots fired at the U.S. Capitol, senators put under lockdown and a female suspect dead, sources told ABC News. — A Capitol police officer was also reported shot, sources said.
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Washington Post:
Driver killed after chase from White House to Capitol — A car chase that began when a driver struck a White House security barrier ended across downtown Washington, when police shot and killed the driver on a street near the U.S. Capitol, police said. — The woman driving the car was unarmed, law enforcement sources said.
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Larry Celona / New York Post:
DC attacker a dental hygienist, shot dead after chase — Alex Leary tweeted, “Something happening outside Capitol. Police running around with guns at ready.” — @learyreports via Twitter — @MarcSchloss tweeted: “No joke on Capitol Hill as Cops are running with machine guns as reports of shots being fired at Capitol.”
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Car Chase, White House to Capitol, Has Fatal End — WASHINGTON — A woman with a young child was shot to death after turning her vehicle into a weapon on Thursday afternoon, ramming her way through barriers at the White House and on Capitol Hill. — By the time the chase ended …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Capitol lockdown lifted after shots fired
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Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
U.S. Capitol placed on lockdown
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Mark Segraves / nbcwashington.com:
Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial — Conflict over the responsibility for the government shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service Ranger over access to the closed park land.
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CBS News:
Poll: Americans not happy about shutdown; more blame GOP — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — On day three of the partial government shutdown, a new CBS News poll reveals that a large majority of Americans disapprove of the shutdown and more are blaming Republicans than President Obama and the Democrats for it.
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Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
GOP Congressman Makes Park Ranger Apologize for Shutdown
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Out of ideas, House GOP considers Hail Mary — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PAUL RYAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY HARRY REID JOHN BOEHNER DAVE CAMP GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — As the partial government shutdown enters its third day, many House Republicans …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Cantor: House GOP forging ahead with piecemeal bills
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Senate Democrats block reopening of NIH, national parks
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Schumer: No Funding for Veterans and NIH ‘Because We Have a Tea Party’
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Chad Henderson Signed Up for Obamacare and Every... Single... Media Outlet Is on It! — On October 1, Chad Henderson successfully signed up for a health care exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act. He was instantly catapulted into the national spotlight as the White House …
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Meet Chad Henderson, the Obamacare enrollee tons of reporters are calling
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The White House says people have bought Obamacare. We haven't met them quite yet.
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Mason Stevenson / WPSD Local 6:
Live mic catches Senators McConnell and Paul talking strategy — WASHINGTON, D.C. - WPSD Local 6 got an inside glimpse Wednesday night to how much the government shutdown is about the messaging for congressional lawmakers. — After finishing an interview with CNN, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul ran …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell, Rand Paul Caught On Hot Mic Talking Shutdown Strategy (VIDEO)
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Mansplains The Shutdown To CNN Anchor: 'You're Beautiful But You Need To Be Honest' — CNN's Carol Costello confronted Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) over his party's continued crusade against Obamacare Thursday morning, pushing him to admit that Republicans' “divisive approach” …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
GOP rep. to CNN host: 'You're beautiful, but ...'
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New York Times:
Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law — A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance, the very kinds of people …
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Politico:
Tropical storm undoes two furloughs — The National Hurricane Center called its top spokesman and FEMA coordinator back on the job after Tropical Storm Karen formed Thursday morning off the Yucatan Peninsula, with predictions that it will become a hurricane shortly before bearing down on the U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Congressman Who Appeared To Blame Democrats For Shooting “Tweeted Out Of Emotion,” He Says — Says he did not mean to blame Obama, Schumer and Pelosi. — WASHINGTON — Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin, a Republican, said he had “tweeted out of emotion” on Thursday after appearing to blame Democrats for a shooting on Capitol Hill.
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
The Shutdown Standoff Is One of the Worst Crises in American History — Welcome to Weimar America — The current government shutdown threatens to stall the already slow economic recovery from the Great Recession. But more is at stake here. Political philosophers from Aristotle to Locke …
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