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Washington Mayor Vincent Gray, right, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., left, make their way through the crowd after joining Senate Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, to urge House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and other House Republicans, to break the impasse on a funding bill and stop the government shutdown that is now in its second week. Gray said in a statement Tuesday that the shutdown, now in its second week, is having dire consequences in his city. He said D.C. is the only city in the country where residents are worried that their local government won't be able to provide basic services during the shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

D.C. officials plea for shelter from shutdown

Jacqueline Klimas

Fighting to carve the District of Columbia out of the government shutdown fight, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton deployed more than 100 people to lobby senators Wednesday, asking them to vote on a House-passed bill that would give the city the right to stay open using its own money.

** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (Associated Pess)

Barrasso: Obamacare rollout is a 'fiasco'

Tom Howell Jr.

Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso on Wednesday lambasted the rollout of insurance markets tied to Obamacare, saying news outlets, customer reviews and tech experts agree the plan's first days have been "a complete disaster."

In this Oct. 8, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he talks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown. The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job. And Congress’ approval rating is a perilous 5 percent. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama invites lawmakers to White House

Dave Boyer

President Obama is inviting congressional lawmakers of both parties to the White House this week, with separate meetings for Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss the government shutdown and debt-ceiling impasse.

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Yellen Fed pick gets mixed reviews on Capitol Hill

Tom Howell Jr.

President Obama's decision to nominate Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to the Fed's top position is receiving mixed reviews on Capitol Hill while providing a brief diversion from the government shutdown and debt limit fight that's transfixed Washington.

President Obama speaks about the budget and the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama weighs in for campaign finance limits

Ben Wolfgang

Hours after a skeptical Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could eliminate one of the remaining campaign finance limits for individuals, President Obama weighed in and warned the justices against allowing an "anything goes" system for campaign cash.

Rep. Steve Stockman, Texas Republican (Screen grab from http://stockman.house.gov/)

GOP rep invites 15-minute Obamacare celebrity to State of the Union

Tom Howell Jr.

A Texas Republican congressman said Tuesday he wants to invite the 21-year-old Georgia resident who became a media star last week as one of the few people who found success on the federal Obamacare market — only to see his star fade when he said he hadn't actually enrolled in plan — to the State of the Union Address so he can meet President Obama.