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  1. Everything in Washington Could Grind to a Halt on April 28Aside from the possibility of a government shutdown on April 28, it’s also when the power to reverse Obama regulations by special procedures ends.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Trump Vows to ‘Fight’ the House’s Tea Party Hard-liners in 2018Trump and Paul Ryan lay into the recalcitrant conservatives of the House Freedom Caucus, as a government-shutdown fight looms.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. Trump’s Choice: Openly Sabotaging Obamacare or Letting Government Shut DownHe can stop insurer subsidies and create a health-care crisis, or risk a clash with House conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. Another Government Shutdown Crisis Seems to Be ApproachingBefore GOP can “move on” to tax reform, it must deal with the real risk of an internal revolt against the current budget.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. GOP’s Planned Parenthood Fight Could Result in a Government ShutdownIf no longer nestled in a giant health-care bill, the defunding of the women’s health organization could spark an appropriations fight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. The Planned Parenthood Fight Republicans Don’t Need But Can’t AvoidIt may only cost them a vote or two in the Senate, but combined with other problems, Planned Parenthood defunding could be fatal to Trumpcare.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Defunding Planned Parenthood As Big a Deal to Right As Repealing ObamacareIt is often assumed that defunding Planned Parenthood is a distraction to the effort to repeal ACA. For some conservatives, it’s the other way around.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. oh congress!
    Congress Avoids Government Shutdown, For NowThe bill will only keep the government funded through December.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Fellow Senators Have Had It With Ted Cruz and His Government ShutdownThey advanced a bipartisan measure that will keep the government funded.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Congress Reaches Deal, Avoids Government Shutdown at Last MinuteThey may actually need to give themselves a short extension.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. GOP Plan to Block Immigration Action Could End in Government ShutdownIf they don’t pass a spending bill by December.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Screaming Religious Stenographer Feeling GreatHer husband is proud.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. the circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: The Shutdown Won’t Kill the Radical RightThis anti-government insurgency is 200 years old.
    By Frank Rich
  14. photo quiz
    Photo Quiz: Why Is Joe Biden Carrying Four Boxes of Mini-Muffins?WHY?
    By Dan Amira
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    The Monuments Are Open! The Monuments Are Open!The monuments are open.
    By Dan Amira
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    Another Shutdown Winner: Washington, D.C. BarsAlcohol sales spiked in the capital this month.
    By Adam Martin
  17. shutdownmageddon
    House Stenographer Shouts About Conspiracies As Shutdown Bill Passes [Updated]She claimed the Constitution was “written by Freemasons.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Congress Passes Debt Deal, Reopening the Government [Updated]Everyone should be back at work on Thursday.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Obama Is Over the Shutdown, Wants to Tackle Immigration ReformHe’ll push for a vote “the day after” the government reopens.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. The White House Squirrels Won the ShutdownMichelle Obama’s garden is rotting on the vine. 
    By Dan Amira
  21. jesus christie
    The Government Shutdown, According to Chris Christie“If I was in the Senate right now, I’d kill myself.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Congress Waits to See If It’s Sufficiently Scared EveryoneAs we edge closer toward default.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Cruz and Palin Join WWII Memorial ProtestProtesters tore down some barricades and dragged them to the White House.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. oh congress!
    Senate Takes the Lead in Shutdown NegotiationsJohn Boehner’s talks with the White House fell apart on Friday night, leaving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to try to reach a deal.
    By Caroline Bankoff
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    The Statue of Liberty Will Reopen Tomorrow No thanks to the federal government.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  26. shutdownpocalypse
    ‘I Had More Prestige’: Newt Gingrich on the ShutdownFailing to get a concession from Obama would be “a disaster of historic proportions.”
    By Eric Benson
  27. oh republicans!
    Poll: Shutdown Leads to Historic Lows for GOP, Boost for ObamacareOops.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    President Obama Rejects Latest Republican OfferHe wants the debt ceiling raised and the government open. 
    By Dan Amira
  29. the internet
    Yet Another Way to Vent Your Shutdown FrustrationAnd you don’t even have to get drunk first!
    By Nikita Richardson
  30. There Is Now a Site Dedicated to Helping You Drunk-Dial a Member of CongressHere’s how it works. 
    By Dan Amira
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    Nelly Is Rooting for the Shutdown to Continue So He Doesn’t Have to Pay TaxesGood plan. 
    By Dan Amira
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    Obama Will Buy Republicans Dinner Again If They’ll Just ChillThe president asked the GOP to please end its “threats.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
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    Congress Can Still Use Its Exclusive GymsSome shutdown.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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    Obama May Have Too Much Time on His HandsOr at least, he isn’t telling us what he’s up to.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    The GOP Won’t End the Shutdown Because France?“Look, we’re not French, we don’t surrender.”
    By Dan Amira
  36. Family Feud Claims Shutdown Tweet Was HackerAfter tweeting about the shutdown, the show claims it was hacked. 
    By Dan Amira
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    Boehner Says He Doesn’t Want to Default, But That’s ‘The Path We’re On’His members won’t pass a clean bill, so what can he do?
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Furloughed Pentagon Workers to Return to WorkMost of them, anyway.
    By Adam Martin
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    House Votes to Pay Furloughed Workers EventuallyWhenever this shutdown is over.
    By Adam Martin
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    20 Furloughed Government Employees Share Their Thoughts on the Shutdown“I remember what I felt when I took that oath. At this moment, all I feel is disappointment.”
    By Dan Amira
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    Heroic Rabbi Uses Dreidel to Test Limits of ShutdownAre closed national parks open for free expressions of religion? 
    By Dan Amira
  42. talking about the weather
    Tropical Storm Karen Doesn’t Care About the Government ShutdownBut it’s not going to be as bad as it once looked.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. Government Shutdownpocalypse Live-Blog: Day 3The latest on an increasingly intractable standoff. 
    By Dan Amira and Margaret Hartmann
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    Republican Congressman Using Time Off to Creepily Hit on CNN Reporter“Seriously, Carol.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. party chat
    George Clooney Explains the Shutdown“I always panic when people like Ted Cruz take the floor and read ‘Green Eggs and Ham.’”
    By Jennifer Vineyard
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    The Daily Show Destroys Republicans on Shutdown“The Daily Show” is enjoying the shutdown.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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    The Government Shutdown Explained in One Candid Quote“We’re not going to be disrespected.”
    By Adam Martin
  48. Government Shutdownpocalypse Live-blog: Day 2It’s still happening. 
    By Dan Amira and Margaret Hartmann
  49. Why the Shutdown Is Leading to Debt DefaultJohn Boehner is looking more like Fargo’s Jerry Lundegaard every day.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Video: Statue of Liberty Shutdown Is Making Tourists Angry, DespondentGive me your tired, your poor, your pissed-off masses …
    By Abraham Riesman
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