memeorandum: READ: Here's the bill that will end the government shutdown (Washington Post)

9:35 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.

New York Times:

Senate Passes Bill to End Fiscal Impasse — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans conceded defeat Wednesday in their bitter budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law, agreeing to end a disruptive 16-day government shutdown and extend federal borrowing power to avert …

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Jonathan Strong / National Review:

The Last Conference — At the last GOP conference meeting of the two-week government shutdown, no lawmakers went to the microphones to give their take. — Instead, after Speaker John Boehner told Republicans they had “fought the good fight,” they all rose up to offer a standing ovation.

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

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Speaker.gov:
Statement on Bipartisan Senate Agreement to Reopen Government, Avoid Default

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

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ABC News:
House, Senate Vote Tonight on Fiscal Compromise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Senate Conservatives Fund:

McConnell Deal Includes Kentucky Kickback — Americans are familiar with the “Cornhusker Kickback” that U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) got in exchange for his vote on Obamacare. — Well now U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has an Obamacare earmark of his own.

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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:

Shutdown Deal Includes Nearly $3 Billion For Kentucky Dam Project — “According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 160 million taxpayer dollars will be wasted because of canceled contracts if this language is not included,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, one of the authors of the language.

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Senate Votes To Re-Open Government, Raise Debt Limit — In the first step of a two-step process, the Senate voted Wednesday night to re-open the federal government and raise the debt ceiling. — The bill passed 81-18. Among the senators who voted against the bill: Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn …

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Washington Post:

READ: Here's the bill that will end the government shutdown — Congressional leaders struck a deal earlier today to end the government shutdown. The measure also raises the debt limit, gives back pay to furloughed federal workers and just barely touches Obamacare.

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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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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

GOP shutdown disaster could give Dems a big lift — With the news breaking that John Boehner will allow a House vote on a Senate deal to end the crisis, meaning Republicans surrendered with nothing to show for weeks of crisis brinkmanship, how does that impact GOP fortunes heading into 2014?

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 …

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