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10:55 AM ET, September 27, 2013

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New York Times:
A Republican Ransom Note  —  On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sent the House a very serious warning that, for the first time, the United States would be unable to pay its bills beginning on Oct. 17 if the debt ceiling is not lifted.  House leaders responded on Thursday …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House Republicans lack votes to move plan to raise debt ceiling  —  House Republican leaders found themselves struggling to secure the votes on Thursday for a debt ceiling measure they hoped to swiftly pass through the House as the latest salvo in a multi-front fiscal fight.
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The GOP should just do it  —  Shut down the government!  Blow through the debt ceiling!  Subject the United States to fiscal chaos or financial ruin if your party can't get its way on unrelated ideological priorities!  —  With apologies to Nike, maybe it's time for the House Republicans to stop threatening and “Just do it.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House adviser compares Republicans to terrorists in fiscal fight
Discussion: Power Line
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Senate Is Set to Vote on Budget Bill as House Weighs Options
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Scorns G.O.P. ‘Blackmail’ on Health Law
Discussion: The Week and Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Corker takes on Cruz as GOP feuding moves to the Senate floor
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, WJLA-TV and CNN
Politico:
House GOP banking on Plan C
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:   Bill Clinton Calls Parts of House GOP Proposal To Raise Debt Ceiling ‘Chilling,’ ‘Spiteful’
Steve Beshear / New York Times:
My State Needs Obamacare.  Now.  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. — SUNDAY morning news programs identify Kentucky as the red state with two high-profile Republican senators who claim their rhetoric represents an electorate that gave President Obama only about a third of its presidential vote in 2012.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House says it isn't behind ‘Adorable Care Act’  —  It would have been a clever move for the White House or Organizing for Action to turn to cute animals and social media to try to draw attention to the start of the Affordable Care Act's registration period.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Shutdown Forecast: 50-50  —  NOTABLES  — LOOKING FOR PROGRESS …
Discussion: NationalJournal.com
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.N. Deal on Syrian Arms Is Milestone After Years of Inertia  —  UNITED NATIONS — The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons, but there will be no automatic penalties if the Syrians fail to comply, officials said Thursday.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Most of Syria's toxins can be destroyed more easily than officials initially thought
Reuters:
Text of Draft United Nations Resolution on Syrian Chemical Weapons
Discussion: Lawfare
Ryan Lizza / Comment:
WHERE THE G.O.P.'S SUICIDE CAUCUS LIVES  —  On August 21st, Congressman Mark Meadows sent a letter to John Boehner.  Meadows is a former restaurant owner and Sunday-school Bible teacher from North Carolina.  He's been in Congress for eight months.  Boehner, who has served in Congress for twenty-two years …
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
Osborne has now been proved wrong on austerity  —  Nobody thought a recovery would never happen - merely that it would be delayed  —  The UK economy is recovering.  The government is vindicated.  Its critics should crawl into a hole.  This, in essence, is what George Osborne …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cruz can't be president, Texas Dem says  —  Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) floor fight this week proved he could never be president.  —  “I think what became clear this week is that he can't be president and the reason is nobody will follow him …
Discussion: Politico
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Disconnect  —  There is a real and genuine disconnect …
Candida Moss / The Daily Beast:
The Gospel According to Bill O'Reilly's New Book ‘Killing Jesus’  —  Jesus was killed because of taxes.  That's more or less the message of Bill O'Reilly's new book.  Professor Candida Moss on what else the Fox host gets wrong—and what he leaves out.  —  In Killing Jesus: A History …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Tom Holbrook / The Numbers:
States of Change  —  Not long after the 2012 election some observers noted an increasing Democratic “lock” on the Electoral College.  Although Republican nominee Mitt Romney's campaign took a lot of heat for losing election, there has developed a general sense that changing demographics …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
First on CNN: NRSC targets vulnerable Democrats
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Allen West Out At PJ Media  —  Sources say he had an anti-Semitic exchange with a staffer, calling her a “Jewish American princess.”  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  Former Congressman Allen West is leaving his job at Pajamas Media after an altercation with a female staffer …
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Young Voters Backing Gay Rights 69% Is Republican Hurdle  —  Fifty-five percent of Americans and 7 out of 10 young people support allowing gay couples to marry.  A majority of Republicans, 52 percent, oppose it.  —  Forty percent of Republicans say state legislatures should continue pushing for laws curbing abortion rights.
Sen. Rand Paul / Washington Times:
Why must the American people suffer when even so many Democrats don't want Obamacare?  —  Officials who implemented the law should not escape its pain  —  Earlier this week, in an effort led by Sen. Ted Cruz, some of my Republican colleagues and I took to the Senate floor with the intent of making Washington listen.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Mara Gay / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg on the brink: Testy exchange with reporters leads to threat of ending press conferences  —  Mayor Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of a business news and media company, has frequently boiled over when dealing with probing journalists but his temper seems to be reaching …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
CNN:
Tom DeLay: 'I'll keep fighting'  —  (CNN) - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who resigned amid scandal in 2006, said he's “coming back” now that his 2010 conviction for money laundering has been overturned.  —  DeLay also weighed in on the current showdown in Congress over the spending bill and debt limit.
Discussion: Politico
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Inspector general: NSA spied on significant others  —  Some employees of the National Security Agency inappropriately used surveillance to snoop on significant others, the agency's inspector general says.  —  The IG laid out 12 instances of wrongdoing in his response to a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Susan Page / USA Today:
Heitkamp warns Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline approval  —  Senator predicts a partial government shutdown Tuesday in ‘a game of Russian roulette.’  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a freshman Democrat from North Dakota, is ready to take on President Obama over the long-delayed approval …
Discussion: The Hill and Weekly Standard
 
 
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Frank Phillips / The Boston Globe:
Capuano to run for reelection, not governor
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Ballot Box
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
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USA Today:
U.N. panel delivers landmark climate change report
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
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