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Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, talks on his phone just off the Senate floor following lunch with fellow Democrats at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The Senate wing (right) and the Capitol Dome are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., is surrounded by reporters as he walks to the Senate floor after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in his office on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. The Senate's top two leaders both expressed optimism Monday that they were closing in on an agreement to prevent a national financial default and reopen the government after a two-week partial shutdown. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
