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Mitch McConnell fields fire from ranks: ‘Leadership vacuum’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fielded fire from within his own ranks in a recent closed-door meeting, when conservative colleague Sen. Tom Coburn reportedly questioned his leadership skills and ability to control Obamacare dissenters in the party.
Sen. Claire McCaskill: House Speaker John Boehner needs to 'get some courage'
Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, said GOP House Speaker John A. Boehner needs to demonstrate "courage" and stop being afraid that far-right extremists will strip him of the speakership.
RNC: We'll pay to keep National World War II Memorial open
The Republican National Committee is offering to cover the cost of keeping the World War II Memorial on the National Mall open, a day after a group of veterans broke through a police barricade to visit the site, which had been closed as part of the government shutdown.
Speaker John Boehner is Sen. Ted Cruz's 'puppet,' Sen. Charles Schumer says
Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday that House GOP Speaker John A. Boehner is taking his marching orders from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — likening the two Republicans to a marionette doll and its puppeteer.
GOP Rep. Grimm sees 'light at the end of the tunnel' for shutdown
Rep. Michael Grimm, New York Republican, said on the second day of the government shutdown that he sees an end in sight and that the meeting at the White House with leaders of Congress on Wednesday is a step in the right direction.
United Airlines offers to fly Air Force team to Navy for football game threatened by shutdown
For fans complaining that the government shutdown could scrub one of the biggest college football games of the weekend, United Airlines may be saving the Navy-Air Force game, originally scheduled for Saturday in Annapolis.
Pop stars 'N Sync sing praises of Obamacare
Republicans may want the president's health care law to go "bye bye bye," but former boy band 'N Sync tweeted out some love for Obamacare on the cusp of its launch this week.
House GOP calls on Democrats to negotiate deal to reopen government
House Republican leaders said Tuesday they were waiting on Democrats to sit down with them to carve out a deal to resolve their differences and reopen the government, further escalating the fingerprinting on Capitol Hill over who is responsible for the political stalemate.
Public frustration with lawmakers spills over
Frustration over the government shutdown spilled over Tuesday into a press conference on the Capitol grounds, where citizens had the chance to hurl verbal tomatoes at Republicans who tried to blame Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama for the stalemate.
D.C. delegate calls for separate budgets for city, country
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton pleaded for the District's local budget to be separated from the federal budget, saying the shutdown will have a greater affect on city residents than other Americans.
Sen. Johnny Isakson supports back pay for idled federal workers
Sen. Johnny Isakson, Georgia Republican, said he will support back pay for federal workers who are not allowed to work during the government shutdown.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will vote against 'gimmick' individual spending bills
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, said she would vote against individual spending bills to fund specific agencies like Veterans Affairs or the National Park Service.
Democrats call on GOP to send federal employees back to work
Federal employees and their Democratic allies in Congress called on Congress to make sure that the workers who get kicked off the job during the government shutdown should eventually get paid.
What shutdown? Obama's Asia trip still a go
In spite of the government shutdown, President Obama's trip to Asia this weekend is still on.
Obama to hold government shutdown event Thursday
President Obama apparently expects the government shutdown to last until at least Thursday, when he is scheduled to give another speech calling on Congress to reopen the government.
GOP unity frays on shutdown
Republican unity continued to fray Tuesday with yet another member of the House GOP demanding his party leaders relent in their fight against Obamacare.
Rep. James Clyburn: Obama is real target of GOP health care battles
Rep. James E. Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat, said that the budget fights on the Hill are about undercutting President Obama and his presidency, not his landmark health care law.
Both parties to blame for shutdown, but Dems ahead in 2014: poll
While the American public blames both parties for the government shutdown, Democrats are still ahead in the 2014 elections because President Obama is seen as "more reasonable" than congressional Republicans.
Jay Carney afraid Congress will handle debt ceiling debate in same way as shutdown
Just hours after the federal government shut down, the White House is already worrying about how Congress will handle the next economic crisis when the debt ceiling needs to be raised in just a few weeks.
Navy Yard shooting survivors will not be furloughed
Workers who were in the building affected by the Navy Yard shooting will not be furloughed if the government shuts down.
