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4:40 PM ET, October 6, 2013

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ThinkProgress:
Boehner: The Nation Will Be On ‘The Path’ To Default If Obama Doesn't Accept GOP Demands  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said the nation would default on its debt later this month if President Obama does not agree to GOP's demands to cut spending and change parts of the Affordable Care Act.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: House Speaker John Boehner  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday morning, October 6, 2013 on ABC News is below.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: Overnight, two daring raids.
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Cruz calls on lawmakers to tie debt ceiling to ObamaCare  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said changes to President Obama's signature healthcare law should be tied to a debt ceiling increase.  —  The Texas Republican said any deal on raising the nation's borrowing authority should include some …
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Cornyn: Obama ‘has been AWOL’ in shutdown, debt ceiling fight  —  President Obama “has been AWOL” as the White House and congressional Republicans continue to square off over the government shutdown and looming debt ceiling fight, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Sunday.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
200 House Democrats Send Letter to Speaker Boehner to #DemandAVote on Bill to Reopen Government  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, 200 Members of the House Democratic Caucus, led by Congressmen Timothy H. Bishop and Patrick Murphy, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding a vote on behalf …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Boehner: U.S. Is On A Path To Default
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Boehner should prove there's not enough votes for ‘clean’ CR
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Boehner: Not enough votes in House to pass ‘clean’ CR
Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Lew: ‘Congress is playing with fire’ on debt ceiling
Discussion: Politico
Martin Crutsinger / ABC News:
Lew Warns of Dangers If Borrowing Limit Not Raised
Discussion: Associated Press
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP congressman: We stumbled into war over Obamacare  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE REPUBLICAN PARTY HARRY REID JOHN BOEHNER  —  On Thursday afternoon, as the government shutdown entered its third day, a Republican member of the House sat down with a group of reporters in an office building not far from the Capitol.
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Argus Leader:
Mount Rushmore blockage stirs anger in South Dakota  —  Barring visitors from view an unexpected effect of shutdown  —  Cones are shown along the road to Mount Rushmore.  The National Parks Service placed the cones there to prevent viewers from stopping on the side of the road to view the monument.
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy:
Unbelievable: Police prevent drivers from pulling over and viewing Mt. Rushmore
New York Times:
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III gathered in the capital to plot strategy.  Their push to repeal …
ThinkProgress:
CBS Host Takes Apart GOP's Shutdown Argument  —  Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) was unable to explain why Republicans needed to threaten economic disaster to try to get their way on Obamacare during an interview on CBS's Face The Nation on Sunday.  —  Bob Schieffer, Face the Nation's host …
Discussion: The Raw Story
James Hohmann / Politico:
Cuccinelli shuns Cruz limelight  —  RICHMOND, Va.— That was awkward.  —  In the clearest sign yet of the potent effect of the government shutdown on the Virginia governor's race, Republican Ken Cuccinelli avoided being photographed with Ted Cruz at a gala they headlined here Saturday night …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. forces strike in Libya, Somalia, capture al Qaeda operative  —  (CNN) — In two operations in Africa nearly 3,000 miles apart, U.S. military forces went after two high-value targets over the weekend.  —  One operation took place early Saturday in the Libyan capital of Tripoli …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Where's sense of crisis in a 17% government shutdown?  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN  —  Everyone knows the phrase “government shutdown” doesn't mean the entire U.S. government is shut down.  So in a partial government shutdown, like the one underway at the moment …
Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
The rise of the New Confederacy  —  It took on new force with fears of the federal government in Washington interfering with their cherished way of life.  It gathered steam with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.  And it all came into full flower when shore batteries fired on Fort Sumter.
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Shutdown Crisis: We Need a Hostage Negotiator  —  With Washington held hostage by the far-right, the shutdown crisis is stuck in stalemate.  John Avlon talks to a former FBI hostage negotiator about how to break the deadlock.  Yes, it's come to this.  —  With the government shutdown entering …
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
OBAMA OPEN TO NAME CHANGE FOR WASHINGTON REDSKINS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he would “think about changing” the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.
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Associated Press:   TEXT OF OBAMA'S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AP
 
 
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Thousands Rally Nationwide in Support of an Immigration Overhaul
Discussion: aflcio.org and Right Wing News
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
GOP floats six-week funding and debt ceiling extension
Daily Star:
Sir Bob Geldof: ‘All humans will die before 2030’
Discussion: Power Line
Paul Krugman:
Shorting Out The Wiring
Discussion: Prairie Weather
George F. Will / Washington Post:
George Will: Supreme Court can rescue another freedom in a campaign cash case
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Shutdown's roots lie in deeply embedded divisions in America's politics
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Welcome to Ted Cruz's Thunderdome
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Adam Afriyie / Daily Mail:
How I'm going to force PM to hold the referendum on Europe NOW: An incendiary intervention …
Discussion: Guardian, Spectator and BBC
Chris Muir / Day by Day Cartoon:
Obamaha Beach.
Discussion: Power Line
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