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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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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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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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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa — Conservative pundit Sarah Palin will speak at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall fundraiser, organizers told The Des Moines Register this morning. — She'll be one of several speakers, but Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah still has top billing as the keynote speaker.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Crowd Heckles Cops at White House: ‘Brown Shirts,’ ‘Looks Like Something Out of Kenya’
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Republicans Are Still Hoping Democrats Will Give In Due to the Default Threat — Mitch McConnell, leader of the Senate Republicans, approached Democrats with a new offer over the weekend: He and his colleagues would vote to open the government and increase its borrowing authority …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle
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Joe Manchin / CNN:
Manchin: Senate is 70%-80% close to a deal
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Some say bitter rift between McConnell and Reid could endanger a deal
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Businessweek, Hot Air, ABC News, The Hill, msnbc.com, The World's Greatest … and Post Politics
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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Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
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Washington Monthly
Stan Collender / Stan Collender's Capital Gains …:
Still No Better Than 50% That Debt Ceiling Is Raised By 10/17...And A Few Other Things
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The Dish
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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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Report: New York GOP wants Gov. Donald Trump
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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 …
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First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Can the Senate save the day?
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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 …
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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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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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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Slate, Wonkblog, Power Line and Betsy's Page
BBC:
Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use ‘Allah’ — A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. — The appeals court said that allowing non-Muslims to use the word would “cause confusion in the community”.
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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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Right Wing News
John Fund / National Review:
Graham Joins Vitter in Fight over Hill's Carve-Out — It's a contest over which senator is the most unpopular with his colleagues. Surprisingly, it's probably not Ted Cruz. The most likely winner is David Vitter of Louisiana, who is mounting a campaign to end government subsidies for congressional health coverage.
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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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