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Analysis: Republicans Are Working Out the Terms of Their Surrender — ANALYSIS: — Beware of irrational exuberance. Thursday night's meeting between President Obama and House Republican leaders was clearly a breakthrough, but both sides are cautioning this morning that progress is fragile.
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How Democrats Can Get to Yes — If they want to end the shutdown and avoid default, they must find a way to let Republicans save face. — Google is a pretty amazing thing. The other day I was thinking about the government-shutdown mess and how it might be resolved …
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NEW GOP SHUTDOWN/DEBT PLAN, BUT NO AGREEMENT YET — You are here — Home » United States government » New GOP shutdown/debt plan, but no agreement yet — WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11 …
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Reid pans six-week debt deal — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday rejected the House Republican proposal for a six-week increase in the debt limit. — “They're talking about extending the debt ceiling for two months or six weeks — please,” Reid said Friday.
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An Inadequate Offer From the House
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Missing From New CR Negotiations: Harry Reid
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GOP sends fiscal proposal to President Obama
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No Quick Deal, but Offer by G.O.P. on Debt Shifts the Tone
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A Crisis of the President's Own Making
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GOP Senators Skeptical of House Short-Term Debt Limit Plan Without End to Shutdown
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Fed up with House, senators grab at reins of fiscal debate
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In U.S., Perceived Need for Third Party Reaches New High — Twenty-six percent believe Democratic and Republican parties do adequate job — This article is part of an ongoing series analyzing how the government shutdown and the debate over raising the debt ceiling are affecting Americans' views …
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The Last Days of the GOP — We could be witnessing the death throes of the Republican Party — I once wrote about lobbying, and this week I called some Republicans I used to talk to (and some that they recommended I talk to) about the effect the shutdown is having on the Republican Party in Washington.


NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP — The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party's popularity declining to its lowest level.
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House GOP makes new offer — House Republican leaders have offered a new plan to lift the debt ceiling and re-open the government after meeting with President Obama on Thursday. — The offer, made late Thursday night, would allow the House to vote as early as Friday on a six-week extension …
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Gallup: 60% Of Americans Say Third Party Is Needed
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NBC/WSJ poll: 60 percent say fire every member of Congress
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Liberal heckling sparks stream of one-liners from Ted Cruz — After his recent 21-hour filibuster-style marathon speech on Obamacare, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz found himself heckled over and over again by liberal activists during remarks at a conservative conference in Washington D.C. on Friday.
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Cruz wows conservative crowd at Values Voter summit — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) whipped the conservative crowd into a frenzy at Friday's Values Voter summit, painting the fight over ObamaCare as a battle for basic freedom and calling on Republicans to redouble their efforts to end the program.
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Perkins: Cruz is de facto leader of Republican Party
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C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in '09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks — WASHINGTON — Just as Edward J. Snowden was preparing to leave Geneva and a job as a C.I.A. technician in 2009, his supervisor wrote a derogatory report in his personnel file, noting a distinct change in the young man's behavior …

Carson compares ObamaCare to slavery — Neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Friday that ObamaCare is the worst thing to happen to the United States since slavery. — “I have to tell you ObamaCare is, really I think, the worst thing that's happened in this nation since slavery,” …
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Ben Carson Says Obamacare Is ‘Worst Thing’ To Happen To America Since Slavery — Tea Party favorite Dr. Ben Carson said the Obama administration's healthcare reform law is the worst thing to happen to the United States since slavery. — “I have to tell you Obamacare is, really I think …
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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize — LONDON — The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2013 Peace Prize on Friday to the United Nations body charged with destroying Syria's stocks of chemical weapons under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States.
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2013
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Will the Kamikaze Caucus Doom the GOP? — When Congress devolves into perpetual conflict, each party's more militant voices gain influence at the expense of its deal-makers. — When congressional insiders say John Boehner could lose his speakership if he moves to end the confrontations …
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The Ferg-beast attacks — I'm breaking my blogging hiatus to briefly respond to Niall Ferguson, not because I'm mad, but because it's fun. For those who haven't seen it, Ferguson has posted a massive three-part rant (part 1, part 2, part 3) in which he attempts to take Paul Krugman to task …
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