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Senate leaders nearing a deal — Senate leaders are closing in on a deal to reopen the government and extend the U.S. debt ceiling until next year, marking a major breakthrough in an impasse that has paralyzed Washington for the last two weeks, according to several sources familiar with the talks.
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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Ted Cruz Could Force a Debt Default All by Himself — Here's a cheerful thought as Congress remains deadlocked over the debt ceiling and the hours tick away toward default: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who basically forced the shutdown and whose own private polls have convinced …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Obama postpones meeting with congressional leaders; Collins cites ‘progress’ in talks — President Obama postponed a meeting with congressional leaders Monday afternoon as Senate leaders closed in on a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling and end a two-week-old government shutdown.
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Politico:
Senate leaders nearing a deal — House Republican leadership has been in close touch with McConnell throughout his negotiations with Reid, but there was growing concern that a six-to-nine month debt ceiling would not be good enough for the House GOP. This proposal would be easier for Speaker John Boehner …
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Lloyd Green / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Backdoor Impeachment Scheme — Republicans have lost at the ballot box and the Supreme Court, so they've decided to nullify President Obama another way: keep his government from working, period. — The dance over the debt ceiling and the fight over the government shutdown …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems dare GOP to provoke another hostage crisis during 2014 elections — Politico reports that Senate Democratic leaders have offered Republicans a budget compromise: … A Senate Democratic aide confirms to me that this is roughly accurate, but adds some important additional points.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The ire next time — Whatever else came out of the shutdown …
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Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is ‘An Impeachable Offense By The President’
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Five thoughts on the Obamacare disaster — 1. So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not “troubled.” Not “glitchy.” A failure. But “so far” only encompasses 14 days. The hard question is whether the launch will still be floundering on day 30, and on day 45.
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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
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Is The Shutdown Bailing The White House Out on Obamacare?
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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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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Why Sarah Palin is Back — Wondering why Sarah Palin has reemerged on the political scene in recent days? — She has a new book out next month: Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas by Sarah Palin. — Sponsored — UNC-Chapel Hill Offers MPA Program Online
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa
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The Fix:
Poll: Republicans losing no-win game — All of Washington's elected leaders earn negative marks for handling budget negotiations, but the public's ire toward Republicans in Congress has hardened quicker than disapproval of President Obama and Democrats through a fortnight of failed negotiations.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Disapproval of GOP Peaks in Blame for the Budget Crisis — A new high of 74 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling Washington's budget crisis, up significantly in the past two weeks and far exceeding disapproval of both President Obama and congressional Democrats on the issue.
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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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Robert Costa / National Review:
Divided and Uneasy — As the debt-ceiling deadline nears …
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
This Video Of Republicans Tightening Control Of House Is As Unusual As It Seems — The video of an exchange between Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen and GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz over Republican rule changes spread like wildfire this weekend. GOP leaders are hanging on by their fingernails.
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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 …
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Neighbors: Cory Booker never lived in Newark — As Cory Booker looks set to win the junior Senate seat in New Jersey Wednesday, his supposed neighbors in Newark say Mayor Booker doesn't live in the Gateway City. — Multiple residents of Newark told The Daily Caller that the longtime mayor …
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Deadline.com:
Alec Baldwin Betters MSNBC In Crowd But Costs In Demo, Trounced by Hannity — Alec Baldwin's premiere of his new MSNBC interview show Up Late With Alec Baldwin logged an average of 654,000 viewers on Friday - up 53% compared to the timeslot's take one week earlier.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama Makes Sandwich — A break from the shutdown to help out the needy. — President Obama visited Martha's Table in Washington D.C. Monday. The food bank helps low-income families. Obama met with furloughed federal workers who were helping out, according to the White House pool report.
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Connie Cass / Associated Press:
HISTORIANS PUT AN ASTERISK ON US DEBT CLAIM — You are here — Home » United States Congress » Historians put an asterisk on US debt claim — WASHINGTON (AP) — You hear a perfect record cited over and over in the debt limit debate: The United States has never defaulted.
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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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Associated Press:
A Libyan who has been held and interrogated for a week aboard a U.S. warship is now in New York awaiting trial on terrorism charges, U.S. officials said Monday. — The al-Qaida suspect, known as Abu Anas al-Libi, has been under federal indictment in New York for more than a decade.
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