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House and Senate conservatives unite against everyone else

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President Obama and Senate Democrats seized on comments made by Rep. Marlin Stutzman Thursday to accuse Republicans of using the government shutdown for political purposes, but even as Democrats mocked Stutzman, they indicated that they were taking a very similar position. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)
Politics

Democrats blast Marlin Stutzman for shutdown comments, then take similar position

David M. Drucker -
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It's not just the possibility of a default that has some lawmakers and business leaders worried as the Oct. 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches. It's also the chance that merely coming close to the deadline could cause enough fear to hurt the economy. (Thinkstock Image)
Economy

2011 debt-ceiling showdown didn’t stall economy, only confidence

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Government shutdown is 18th since 1976
Politics

Government shutdown is 18th since 1976

Elliot Smilowitz -
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Goldman Sachs Chairman Lloyd Blankfein, right, accompanied by Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Economy

White House rolls out business leaders for next fiscal fight

Brian Hughes -
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi walk after a meeting with President Obama at the White House on Wednesday evening. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Economy

Obama invites congressional leaders to White House

Brian Hughes, Meghashyam Mali -
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If nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hung in the morning, then being declared non-essential in a government shutdown must do the same thing for federal bureaucrats. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: If you aren’t essential, why are we paying you?

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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, about the government shutdown. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a protracted dispute over Obama's signature health care law reached a boiling point, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Politics

Obama ‘exasperated’ with GOP, won’t negotiate without clean funding bill

Brian Hughes -
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Jack Lew says final debt tools are being used
Economy

Jack Lew says final debt tools are being used

Martin Crutsinger -
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Standard & Poor's said it is not planning to change the nation's credit rating during the upcoming fight over the debt limit, an indication of how the pressure to cut the debt has diminished since 2011's debt ceiling standoff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Don’t expect a credit downgrade, S&P says before debt ceiling fight

Joseph Lawler -
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