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Ariz. senators: Shutdown ruining local economy near Grand Canyon
While President Obama and Republican leaders tried Thursday to span the political chasm between them, top lawmakers from Arizona sounded the alarm over the "devastating effects" of the government shutdown on the people who live and work near the Grand Canyon.
Website recommends 'drunk-dialing' members of Congress to vent
A "progressive strategy" tech company is offering a new way to vent frustration at lawmakers on Capitol Hill — drunk-dial a member of Congress.
Tennessee Democrat: GOP tactics set a bad precedent
House Democrats on Thursday defended the president's new health care law and slammed Republican attempts to fracture or delay it, even as GOP leaders were set to meet with President Obama on a new path forward to open the government and extend the nation's borrowing authority for at least several weeks.
Americans think Obamacare rollout is going poorly, but at least are checking it out: poll
A new poll finds only 7 percent of Americans think the rollout of the new health care law this month has gone well.
Americans agree: The country is going to hell in a handbasket
The number of American voters who think the country is headed in the right direction fell by 11 percentage points over the past week, placing it at its lowest level in two years, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
Former Sen. Jim DeMint keeps focus on Obamacare
Former Sen. Jim DeMint published a letter to President Obama on Thursday that trumpets complaints about the president's health care law, even as many Republicans appear to be backing away from their Obamacare demands in a bid to end the government shutdown and raise the nation's debt limit.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann: Obamacare should be optional
Rep. Michele Bachmann said Thursday the new health care law should be an optional program for people who want it.
Senate immigration bill adds 17 million potential voters to U.S.
The Senate immigration bill would add 17 million new potential voters to the U.S. within 25 years, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, released Thursday that argues the influx could have a major effect on American politics.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen: We should have hammered out this budget thing months ago
Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Thursday that his fellow Democrats have been trying to negotiate over the federal budget since March, only to be rebuffed in the months leading up to the government shutdown.
Obama, congressional leaders not about to win a popularity contest: poll
Favorability ratings of President Obama and congressional leaders are significantly worse now than before the government shutdown, a Gallup poll reported on Thursday.
Terry McAuliffe up 8 points in Virginia governor's race: poll
Democrat Terry McAuliffe leads Republican Kenneth T. Cuccinelli by eight points in the Virginia governor's race, 47 percent to 39 percent — with Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis taking 8 percent — in a poll released Thursday less than a month from election day on Nov. 5.
Obama: Obamacare not the reason for cuts in workers' hours
President Obama on Wednesday continued tying the government shutdown to House Republicans, making the case there are real people in the D.C. region and beyond who are being harmed by partisan gridlock.
Rep. McCaul: Obama must confront growing threat from al-Shabaab
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Wednesday that the Obama administration must confront the growing threat that the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab poses to the U.S. — in particular from Americans recruited to fight for the terrorist group overseas and who could return home to launch an attack on American soil
House GOP rejects all-hands meeting with Obama
House Republican leaders rejected President Obama's offer to host the entire House GOP caucus at the White House on Thursday, countering that they would instead send their elected leaders and key committee chairmen to talk.
Rep. Michele Bachmann: Civil disobedience possible against Obama 'thuggery'
Rep. Michele Bachmann believes that President Obama has committed impeachable offenses and that the nation could be on the cusp of the kind of civil disobedience that led to the public uprising in Egypt against the Muslim Brotherhood.
