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Irate Voters Ready to Throw the Bums Out

Just 4% say we'd be worse off if every Congressman was replaced

(Newser) - The American people want to see some heads roll in Congress, with new polls out today showing that the shutdown has drastically soured voters on just about everyone. Just 4% of respondents said the country would be worse off if every single congressman were replaced in the 2014 elections, while...

It's Over: House Passes Senate-Backed Deal

Obama signs bill: We need to stop 'governing by crisis'

(Newser) - Federal workers, prepare to rejoin the morning commute. The Senate tonight passed its bill to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling by a vote of 81-18, the AP reports; the House backed the bill 285-144, just hours before the Treasury would have lost its authority to borrow...

Boehner: House Won't Block Senate's Deal

'We fought the good fight; we just didn't win,' says speaker; vote will be tonight

(Newser) - It looks like DC's impasse over the shutdown and debt ceiling will indeed end tonight. John Boehner says the House won't block the deal that emerged from the Senate earlier today, reports the Washington Post . He promised that Republicans would continue to try to rein in ObamaCare and...

As Default Looms, Investors Scurry to Unload US Bonds

Banks steer clear of short-term US debt

(Newser) - Worried over the possibility of default, investors and banks aren't taking chances: They're selling off billions of dollars of US debt, the Wall Street Journal reports. Banks have cut their government debt holdings by some 50% in the past two weeks, New York's Federal Reserve says. Additionally,...

Shutdown Deal Near? Tone Still Hopeful

More meetings today amid signs of progress

(Newser) - So will the week end with a Capitol Hill deal to reopen the government and avoid a default, or at least set the stage for a weekend breakthrough? Signs of progress remain promising , but as Politico puts it, "there’s no one dancing in the West Wing end zone"...

Website Wants You to Drunk-Dial Congress

And it's willing to help

(Newser) - Today's shutdown-related media darling looks to be a new website called DrunkDialCongress.org . Its creators want you to vent some rage at a member of Congress over the shutdown, and if you're three sheets to the wind while doing so, all the better. It works like so: You...

Boehner Says He 'Has Something Up His Sleeve'

But frustration seems to be mounting among Republicans

(Newser) - Politico reports that John Boehner has been confiding to people that he "has something up his sleeve" to solve the impasse over the shutdown and the debt ceiling, but it's not at all clear what that might be. In fact, the rest of the story is about...

Obama: Let's Stop the 'Extortion'

President blasts 'extreme parts' of the GOP at news conference

(Newser) - President Obama took full advantage of a presidential news conference this afternoon to amplify a familiar point : He thinks what Republicans are doing amounts to "extortion," and he won't negotiate on anything until they pass a spending bill to reopen the government and agree to raise the...

Obama Again Tells Boehner He Won't Negotiate

Reopen the government, raise the debt ceiling, and we'll talk, says president

(Newser) - This morning's installment of shutdown politics had a familiar ring to it: John Boehner insisted that the White House negotiate on both the shutdown and the debt ceiling, and President Obama insisted he would do no such thing, reports NBC News . In fact, Obama called the speaker personally after...

Dems Put Forward Debt Limit Measure

Senators fear White House edging toward negotiations

(Newser) - President Obama and Senate Democrats have put a long-term measure to raise the debt ceiling on the table. The legislation would boost the debt ceiling by $1 trillion, the Washington Post reports—though Dems say in order to avoid default, they might OK a short-term solution instead, even if it...

House OKs Back Pay for Furloughed Workers

It's a rare unanimous vote in Congress

(Newser) - For furloughed federal employees, annoyance has just turned into a paid vacation. The House of Representatives today unanimously passed a bill to make sure that everyone told to stay home during the government shutdown will get back pay, reports the Hill . The measure is expected to zip through the Senate...

Obama to Wall Street: You Should Be Worried

President says he's 'exasperated' over shutdown

(Newser) - Wall Street has been relatively calm amid the government shutdown, maybe because these kinds of showdowns have become old hat between Republicans and the White House. But "I think this time's different," President Obama tells CNBC . In fact, he said he just warned business leaders who make...

House Leaders Plan to Use Ted Cruz's Strategy Next

He suggests passing a series of bills to fund individual agencies

(Newser) - House Republicans can't get one big spending bill through the Senate, so how about lots of little spending bills? That seems to be the strategy they're settling on, reports Roll Call , and it's one floated previously by the Senate's Ted Cruz. The House plans to vote...

Government Shutdown: Now What?

Closure could last at least a week

(Newser) - The House and Senate's failure to reach a deal to resolve the budget brouhaha has left the US without a functioning federal government for the first time in 17 years—and the two sides seem so averse to compromise that it's anyone's guess when the shutdown will...

As Shutdown Odds Rise, Federal Agencies Scramble

Hundreds of thousands of government employees will be furloughed

(Newser) - John Boehner planned a strategy session later today with House Republican leaders to plot their next move, but the prospects of avoiding a government shutdown before Monday's midnight deadline are getting bleaker by the hour, reports Politico . For one thing, no negotiations between Republicans and Democrats are even on...

Historic Call: Obama Talks With Iran's President

He also tells GOP to 'knock it off' in regard to the budget

(Newser) - President Obama went to the White House briefing room this afternoon to scold House Republicans—"knock it off, pass a budget, and move on"—but he made more news with a brief announcement beforehand: Obama revealed that he had spoken on the phone with Iran President Hasan Rouhani...

Tick, Tick, Tick: Senate Re-Funds ObamaCare; Back to House

It's anybody's guess what happens next ahead of shutdown

(Newser) - Your move, John Boehner. As expected, the Senate today passed a bill that keeps the government running and funds ObamaCare, reports the AP . The vote was 54-44. Now House Republicans must decide whether to accept it—Boehner already has suggested he won't —or run the risk of a...

House GOP Rejects Senate Plan as Shutdown Looms

Boehner still says shutdown unlikely

(Newser) - Word yesterday was that Republicans might attach the ObamaCare battle to the debt-ceiling debate, averting a government shutdown; today, that's looking less likely. Asked whether the House would accept a bill to fund the government after the Senate removes anti-ObamaCare measures, as it is expected to do , John Boehner...

Government Shutdown? &#39;Bring It On&#39;
Government Shutdown? 'Bring It On'
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Sep 24, 2013 12:33 PM CDT

Government Shutdown? 'Bring It On'

Matthew Yglesias: A brief one gives us a chance to fix this mess now

(Newser) - We're less than a week away from a possible government shutdown , but it probably won't come to pass, writes Matthew Yglesias at Slate . The safe money right now says that Ted Cruz won't be able to fend off the inevitable result: Republicans will agree to yet another...

Cruz Asking Republicans to Block Bill They Support

He's trying to keep Senate from restoring ObamaCare funding as shutdown looms

(Newser) - The political theater in DC in regard to the looming government shutdown and the fight over ObamaCare has resulted in this weird logic: Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans in the Senate to block a bill they support. Politico and New York lay it out: The House has sent to...

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