memeorandum: Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle (Janet Hook/Wall Street Journal)

12:30 PM ET, October 14, 2013

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Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle — Republicans Oppose Move to Reopen Sequester Cuts — The Statue of Liberty reopened Sunday after New York state agreed to pay for running the site during the federal shutdown. Associated Press — WASHINGTON—Senate leaders attempting …

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The Fix:
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell don't get along. That's a major hurdle to a fiscal deal.

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Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …

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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat

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Joe Manchin / CNN:
Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Manchin: Senate Is ‘70, 80 Percent’ To A Deal (VIDEO)

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Politico:
Government shutdown: House GOP ponders own short-term debt bill

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Dixiecrat Solution — So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up with a spurious lawsuit; you're both suffering from huge legal bills. Then he threatened bodily harm to your family. Now, however, he says he's willing to compromise …

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Tal Kopan / Politico:

Mark Halperin: GOP ‘terms of surrender’ — Veteran political journalist Mark Halperin said Monday that Democrats know they are winning the battle over the government shutdown and all that's left is negotiating the Republicans' “surrender.” — “It's just a question of the terms of surrender right now …

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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Dem says shutdown helping recruiting

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Noreen Malone / The New Republic:

This Is the Single Most Ridiculous Thing That's Been Said During the Shutdown — On Sunday, Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz converged on Washington, D.C., to co-headline a protest against the federal government's closure of the World War II Memorial. It is perhaps not surprising that one of the more cynical …

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Crowd Heckles Cops at White House: ‘Brown Shirts,’ ‘Looks Like Something Out of Kenya’ — As we reported earlier, a protest that started at the World War II Memorial ended up in front of the White House, where protesters piled up barricades that had been used to keep people out of the memorial during the government shutdown.

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Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
D.C. protestors wave Confederate flag, tell Obama to “put the Quran down”

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rage & Performance Art

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Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:

Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is ‘An Impeachable Offense By The President’ — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) isn't sure whether he'll support a debt limit deal, but he is sure of one thing: a debt default would be President Barack Obama's fault. — A reporter for The Young Turks asked Gohmert whether …

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Politico:

Harry Reid makes budget offer to Mitch McConnell — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has privately offered Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a deal that would reopen the government until mid-to-late December while extending the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, according to several sources familiar with the talks.

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The ire next time — Whatever else came out of the shutdown …

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Susan Page / USA Today:

Colo. governor suggests gun-control groups stay away — WASHINGTON — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests national gun-control groups stay away from a looming recall battle that could switch control of the state Senate to the GOP. The groups poured money into an unsuccessful defense …

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Yahoo! News:
Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper on 2016: DC dysfunction ‘discouraging’ him from presidential run

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Bill Keller / New York Times:

Obamacare: The Rest of the Story — Unless you've been bamboozled by the frantic fictions of the right wing, you know that the Affordable Care Act, familiarly known as Obamacare, has begun to accomplish its first goal: enrolling millions of uninsured Americans, many of whom have been living …

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Healthcare Reform:

Obamacare enrollees become urban legend — Will the Floridians who have enrolled for Obamacare please stand up? — Nearly two weeks after the federal government launched the online Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov, individuals who have successfully used the choked-up website …

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

GOP seizes advantage on Obamacare, White House struggles to defend: An alternative history of the past two months — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE PRESIDENT HEALTH CARE DEBT CEILING ECONOMY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — What if, instead of throwing its political energy …

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Carolyn Roy / KSLA-TV:

Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch — Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT cards even though they were not showing limits. — The chaos that followed ultimately …

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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:

Fearing a lost governor's race, Virginia Republicans confront party divide — With just three weeks remaining before the election, Republican leaders in Virginia fear that their nominee, Ken Cuccinelli II, is on his way to losing the governor's race and that the party will squander command …

Discussion: NBCNews and First Read

Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:

GOPers eye Donald Trump for governor run — Increasingly desperate New York Republicans, seeking the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, are trying to get Donald Trump to run against Gov. Cuomo next year, The Post has learned. — They're seeking to make the case that while Trump …

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Los Angeles Times:

Obamacare: Don't trust anyone over 60? — Mandatory health coverage could be the catalyst for a new generational war. — Some opponents of the healthcare reform law hope the individual mandate will turn off younger voters to the Democratic Party. Above, audience members watch last month …

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