memeorandum: ‘Lying To The American People’: House Conservatives Blame Press For Shutdown Surrender (Dylan Scott/Talking Points Memo)

8:25 PM ET, October 16, 2013

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House to vote first on Senate plan — The House will vote first on an emerging Senate proposal to open government and lift the debt ceiling, a move that would expedite bipartisan legislation developed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Houston Chronicle:

Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison — Things surely would look far different with Sen. Hutchison in office in the nation's capital — Does anyone else miss Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison? — We're not sure how much difference one person could make in the toxic, chaotic, hyperpartisan atmosphere in Washington …

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The Atlantic Online:

Republicans Shut Down the Government for Nothing — After two weeks of closed government and a debt-limit freakout, a deal is on the horizon—and the GOP has little to show for the crisis caused by its demands. — With a deal to reopen the government apparently imminent Wednesday …

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New York Times:

At 11th Hour, G.O.P. Blinks in Standoff — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republican leaders conceded defeat Wednesday in their budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law, agreeing to support a reopening of the government and a lifting of the nation's borrowing authority in exchange for future budget negotiations.

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Ted Cruz Admits Budget Standoff Was All About Building Fundraising Lists — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) conceded on Wednesday that he would not hold up a vote on an emerging Senate deal to re-open the federal government and avert federal default, but admitted that the three-week long budget standoff …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Boehner to take vote on Senate compromise 1st, pass it with Dem votes

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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Why Ted Cruz's Hometown Newspaper May Regret Endorsement

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Houston Chronicle Expresses Regrets For Endorsing Cruz

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Washington Times:
Senate leaders announce agreement to end shutdown, raise debt

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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House: Obama supports deal

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www.700wlw.com:

John Boehner to Willie: 'We Just Didn't Win' — ( Tri-State ) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner was on with Bill Cunningham on Wednesday afternoon. — He says he will bring the deal reached in the US Senate to a vote in the House, and he's encouraging Republicans to vote for the plan.

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

Matt Drudge Predicts Pelosi Will Be Next Speaker — Conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge seemed to suggest Wednesday that Democrats will win back control of the House of Representatives next year. — In a message to his more than 200,000 followers on Twitter, Drudge predicted …

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Speaker.gov:

Statement on Bipartisan Senate Agreement to Reopen Government, Avoid Default … WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement regarding the bipartisan Senate agreement to reopen the federal government and avoid a national default:

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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Mulvaney: Boehner ‘Hundred Percent Stronger’ Now

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Wall Street Journal:
It's time to wrap up this comedy of political errors.

David Corn / Mother Jones:
House Dems Sent Boehner a Message: Strike a Deal and Maybe We Can Help Protect Your Speakership

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Fox News:
Boehner says House will take up Senate budget plan

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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Why Ted Cruz Might Still Try to Force a Default

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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Tea Party's Image Turns More Negative — Ted Cruz's Popularity Soars among Tea Party Republicans — The Tea Party is less popular than ever, with even many Republicans now viewing the movement negatively. Overall, nearly half of the public (49%) has an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party, while 30% have a favorable opinion.

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Fox News:
Hume: Tea Party pushed budget stand-off because GOP ‘utterly failed’ to restrain bloated gov't

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Erick Erickson / RedState:

Bridge Burning and Bridge Building — House Republicans have signaled they are giving up. — They'll merge their ideas with Mitch McConnell's ideas. The result will be a funded government, raised debt ceiling, and nothing done with Obamacare. — Throughout this fight, Harry Reid has outsmarted Mitch McConnell.

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Senate Conservatives Fund:
McConnell Deal Includes Kentucky Kickback

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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Shutdown Deal Includes Nearly $3 Billion For Kentucky Dam Project

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Reuters:

U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to depart soon — (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in a development that could give President Barack Obama a chance to reshape the eavesdropping agency.

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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
NSA chief to step down in spring

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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

‘Lying To The American People’: House Conservatives Blame Press For Shutdown Surrender — House conservatives conjured a familiar bogeyman Wednesday to explain their imminent surrender in the government shutdown fight: the liberal media. — Their tactics weren't to blame.

Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Boehner Safe — Speaker John Boehner may be preparing to bring …

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Steven Perlberg / Business Insider:

S&P: The Shutdown Took $24 Billion Out Of The US Economy — The S&P has cut the annualized U.S. growth view closer to 2% from 3%, Bloomberg is reporting. — The ratings agency — which recognizes the Senate deal will be approved — says that the shutdown has taken $24 billion out of the economy …

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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Club for Growth, Heritage: Vote no; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges yes vote

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Emily Yoffe / Slate:

College Women: Stop Getting Drunk — It's closely associated with sexual assault. And yet we're reluctant to tell women to stop doing it. — In one awful high-profile case after another—the U.S. Naval Academy; Steubenville, Ohio; now the allegations in Maryville, Mo.—we read about a young woman …

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Shutdown hurts GOP Senate chances — New PPP polls of 6 key Senate races that will determine control of the body after next year's election finds voters extremely unhappy about the government shutdown. As a result Republicans trail in 5 of the 6 key races and are tied in the 6th.

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Obama Has Already Won The Shutdown Fight And He's Coming For Immigration Next — Immigration reform advocates plan an aggressive campaign to bring the issue back — and the White House has signaled it's on board. Can Obama emerge from the fiscal crisis with enough momentum to win the immigration fight?

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Immigration push won't distract from ObamaCare focus

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Limbaugh: GOP Most ‘Irrelevant’ Political Party I Can Remember — Rush Limbaugh, prominent conservative radio show host, slammed the Republican party on Wednesday for being “irrelevant,” lamenting that GOP leaders caved during their fight to defund Obamacare.

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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

Fox's Keith Ablow: Obama's Grandma 'Didn't Trust People of Color,' So He's Taking It Out on America — Psychiatrist and Fox News Medical A-Team member Keith Ablow engaged in some psychoanalysis of President Barack Obama on Wednesday's Fox & Friends. He said that Obama sees himself as the …

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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

Move On Everybody, It Just Doesn't Matter — The ugliness of the GOP schism will probably have a long half life, as various parties feel the need to point fingers and shout “I didn't do it!” But if at all possible, I think conservatives and Republicans would be well-served by putting …