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1:25 AM ET, October 17, 2013

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New York Times:
Republicans Back Down, Ending Budget Crisis  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans conceded defeat on Wednesday in their bitter budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law as the House and Senate approved last-minute legislation ending a disruptive 16-day government shutdown …
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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 …
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.
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 …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Congress sends Obama bill to end shutdown
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CONGRESSMAN: ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS’ IF GOP CAVES ON DEBT CEILING
Yahoo! News:
Senate and House pass bill to re-open the government, raise the debt ceiling
ABC News:
House, Senate Vote Tonight on Fiscal Compromise
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Daily Kos
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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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Ryan breaks from Boehner, votes ‘no’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) split with his party's leadership and voted against the Senate fiscal agreement on Wednesday night.  —  In a statement, Ryan called the legislation to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling “a missed opportunity” to reduce the federal debt.
Discussion: Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Matt Drudge Predicts Pelosi Will Be Next Speaker
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 and The Hill
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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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
GOP Congressman Rips Tea Party Colleagues: 'I'm Not Sure They're Republicans'  —  Intra-party tensions are running high as end to shutdown nears.  —  Boustany (right): The tea party's allegiance is to outside interest groups, not conservative values.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate seat  —  Democrat Cory Booker won the special election for New Jersey's Senate seat on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.  The Newark mayor and heavy favorite in the race defeated Republican and former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Booker wins New Jersey Senate race  —  Newark Mayor Cory Booker won the New Jersey Senate special election on Wednesday night in an unsurprising finale to a surprisingly contentious race.  —  The Associated Press called the race for Booker, who led Lonegan 56 percent to 43 percent, with 52 percent of precincts reporting.
CNN:
Booker wins special Senate election in N.J.
Discussion: Hot Air
New Jersey Online:
Live coverage: Booker defeats Lonegan in U.S. Senate election
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Cory Booker spent less than $1 million on TV
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Senate Conservatives Fund:
McConnell Deal Includes Kentucky Kickback  —  The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) criticized U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Wednesday for allowing a $2 billion Kentucky earmark to be added to the debt deal he negotiated with U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV).  SCF Executive Director Matt Hoskins made the following statement:
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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.
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Politico:
House stenographer hauled from floor  —  A House floor stenographer was abruptly hauled out of the chamber after charging the dais and screaming during Wednesday's late night vote on raising the debt ceiling and funding the federal government.  —  As the bill sailed toward final passage …
Discussion: C-SPAN Video Library
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
S&P: Shutdown cost economy at least $24B  —  The government shutdown cost the nation's economy at least $24 billion and shaved 0.6 percent off the nation's economic growth, according to new analysis from Standard & Poor's.  —  With a deal seemingly headed for the finish line …
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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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Lydia DePillis / Wonkblog:
Meet CGI Federal, the company behind the botched launch of HealthCare.gov  —  Over the past few weeks, if you've been paying attention at all to the unfolding disaster of people trying and failing to sign up for Obamacare online, one name keeps coming up: CGI Federal, the IT contractor …
 
 
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ABC News:
Caroline Kennedy Confirmed as Ambassador to Japan
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
READ: Here's the bill that will end the government shutdown
Discussion: National Review
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
‘Lying To The American People’: House Conservatives Blame Press For Shutdown Surrender
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Fox's Keith Ablow: Obama's Grandma 'Didn't Trust People of Color,' So He's Taking It Out on America
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Shutdown misstep: How Obama administration plan put country at risk
Discussion: Hot Air
Cato Unbound:
Don't Voters Get Things Right?
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Limbaugh: GOP Most ‘Irrelevant’ Political Party I Can Remember
Discussion: The Raw Story
Sudo / Omidyar Group:
My Next Adventure in Journalism
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP shutdown disaster could give Dems a big lift
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
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Shutdown hurts GOP Senate chances
Houston Chronicle:
Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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