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7:05 PM ET, October 16, 2013

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Politico:
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.
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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Washington Times:
Senate leaders announce agreement to end shutdown, raise debt
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:
Fox News:
Boehner says House will take up Senate budget plan  —  House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that the House “absolutely” will take up the new Senate budget plan — even if he has to rely on mostly Democrats to pass it — and that he expects the partial government shutdown to end by Thursday.
Wall Street Journal:
It's time to wrap up this comedy of political errors.
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Mulvaney: Boehner ‘Hundred Percent Stronger’ Now
Discussion: Mediaite
David Corn / Mother Jones:
House Dems Sent Boehner a Message: Strike a Deal and Maybe We Can Help Protect Your Speakership
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Why Ted Cruz Might Still Try to Force a Default
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and Sky Dancing
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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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Why Ted Cruz's Hometown Newspaper May Regret Endorsement
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Houston Chronicle Expresses Regrets For Endorsing Cruz
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line, The Dish and alicublog
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.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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?
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Sorry, Kids.  We Ate It All.  —  Eventually this shutdown crisis will end.  And eventually the two parties will make another stab at a deal on taxes, investments and entitlements.  But there's one outcome from such negotiations that I can absolutely guarantee: Seniors …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Stop Fretting: The Debt-Ceiling Crisis Is Over!  —  If you're reading the newspapers just now to get caught up on the debt-ceiling crisis, you may have the impression that events are now spinning utterly out of control.  “A day that was supposed to bring Washington to the edge of resolving …
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 …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Shutdown misstep: How Obama administration plan put country at risk  —  Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print  —  WASHINGTON — It may be one of the most serious missteps of the federal government shutdown.  —  After weeks of planning, the nation's spy chief sent home nearly three-quarters …
Discussion: Hot Air
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CONGRESSMAN: ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS’ IF GOP CAVES ON DEBT CEILING  —  GOP lawmaker says that if his party's leadership gives in to Obama, they will have forever altered the checks and balances of the U.S. federal government.  —  On the House floor on Monday, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) …
Cato Unbound:
Don't Voters Get Things Right?  —  It's tempting to begin by listing the many things that I liked about Ilya Somin's Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter.  But that could easily take up all of my allotted space and wouldn't make for a particularly interesting back-and-forth.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Fox News:
Army Ranger believed to be unconscious salutes during Purple Heart ceremony  —  Army Ranger Josh Hargis was unconscious, hooked to a breathing tube at a military hospital in Afghanistan after losing both his legs in battle last week.  —  But when the Purple Heart ceremony began at Hargis' bedside …
 
 
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
‘Lying To The American People’: House Conservatives Blame Press For Shutdown Surrender
Joe Firestone / New Economic Perspectives:
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Discussion: Firedoglake
Algemeiner.com:
George W. Bush, Surprise Guest at Jewish Gala, Says Unlikely Iran Intentions Towards Israel Have Changed
Discussion: Politico and Israel Matzav
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James Carville / The Hill:
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
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 Earlier Items: 
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
American Politics Deserves to Be Downgraded
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Anderson Cooper decides GOP strategist is ‘high’ after he says Cruz is ‘having bunny sex’
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Marriage Equality Movement Could Change Dramatically In The Next Two Weeks
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Has Already Won The Shutdown Fight And He's Coming For Immigration Next
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Phil Griffin: Chris Matthews ‘national treasure’
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Carl Bernstein: GOP leadership ‘cancerous’
Discussion: CNN and ABC News