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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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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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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Reid, McConnell near deal to end shutdown, raise $16.7T debt limit — An emerging Senate deal would raise the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling until mid-February, according to Senate aides. — There were conflicting claims on how long the extension would last, with one aide saying …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Senate leaders within striking distance of shutdown deal
Senate leaders within striking distance of shutdown deal
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle
Senate Democrats Press New Front in Budget Battle
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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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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Obamacare's Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn't Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are — A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and inside the government, have figured out a principal reason why the website for Obamacare's federally-sponsored insurance exchange is crashing.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Is The Shutdown Bailing The White House Out on Obamacare?
Is The Shutdown Bailing The White House Out on Obamacare?
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Jose DelReal / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Barack Obama flirts with impeachment — President Barack Obama is risking “impeachable” offenses with the way he is handling the debt limit debate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said in a post on her Facebook page Monday. — “Defaulting on our national debt is an impeachable offense …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Million Vet March Organizers: We Were ‘Hijacked for Political Gain’
Million Vet March Organizers: We Were ‘Hijacked for Political Gain’
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Noreen Malone / The New Republic:
This Is the Single Most Ridiculous Thing That's Been Said During the Shutdown
This Is the Single Most Ridiculous Thing That's Been Said During the Shutdown
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Why Sarah Palin is Back — Wondering why Sarah Palin has reemerged …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sarah Palin's coming to Iowa
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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Roger Simon / Reuters:
Government shutdown unleashes racism — Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, who would be saved? — Answer: America. — Harsh? Look around you at what is happening to America and you will see harsh. I am not talking about closed parks and monuments.
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ThinkProgress:
What Republican Suicide Would Look Like — As most are now aware, the Republican Party is taking a beating at the polls. GOP favorability is now at historic lows and they are taking the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown. — These numbers are bad enough for Republicans.
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Wbzmornings / CBS Boston:
North Andover High Punishes Teen For Giving Drunken Pal Ride Home From Party — NORTH ANDOVER (CBS) — It's tough for Eleanor Cox to talk about how heartbroken her daughter Erin is over the punishment she received for doing what she thought was right. — “She's very fragile and I'm worried about her.
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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 …
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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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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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
This Republican Congressman Wants To Put The US Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy — This weekend, Business Insider politics reporter Brett LoGiurato went to Gainesville, Florida to interview Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) who has insisted that hitting the debt ceiling would “bring stability to the world markets.”
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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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Fox News:
NBC host Bob Costas: Washington Redskins nickname ‘an insult, a slur’ — Bob Costas of NBC Sports waded into the controversy over the Washington Redskins nickname Sunday night, devoting a commentary to the topic at halftime of the nationally televised game between the Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.
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Deadline.com:
UPDATED: Alec Baldwin's MSNBC Talker Premieres Up In Viewers, Mixed In Demo — UPDATED, 4 PM: The premiere of Up Late With Alec Baldwin, Alec Baldwin's interview show on MSNBC, logged an average of 654,000 viewers on Friday — up 53% compared with the time slot's take one week earlier.
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Mario Trujillo / Ballot Box:
GOP won't win Senate if they ‘pussyfoot’ through negotiations, says GOP rep. — Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) predicted Senate Republicans will never win back control of the chamber if they continue to “pussyfoot” around in budget negotiations. — Labrador said the problem …
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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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Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Ezra Klein: Thus Far, Obamacare a ‘Big Failure’ — The Washington Post's Ezra Klein, an Obamacare supporter, slammed the launch of the program's online exchanges the the wake of widespread reports of stalled and dysfunctional websites. Klein warned that, given the websites' ongoing problems …
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