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4:55 PM ET, September 30, 2013

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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Shutdown would be GOP's fault  —  Washington (CNN) — If the federal government shuts down starting Tuesday because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, more people say congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama would be responsible, according to a new national survey.
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NationalJournal.com:
State of Play: Republicans Getting Wobbly on a Government Shutdown  —  The most important updates on the brewing government shutdown.  —  The government will shut down at midnight unless Democrats and Republicans reach a budget deal to keep it open, but with just hours to go, the two sides remain very far apart.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate rejects House funding bill with shutdown in clear sight  —  Congress took another step toward a government shutdown Monday as the Senate voted 54-46 to strip language from a House funding bill that delayed ObamaCare by a year.  [WATCH VIDEO]  —  Senate Democrats called on House Republicans …
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Countdown to Shutdown  —  Think 1996 was bad for the GOP?  This time will be much, much worse  —  The year 1996, the last time the GOP took its toys and went home rather than fund the government, hasn't loomed so large in Washington since it actually was 1996.
Politico:
Government shutdown: House GOP leaders huddle  —  House Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team will meet twice Monday morning, as House Republicans mull how - and if - they will avoid a government shutdown.  —  The Senate is expected to reject House-passed legislation that would keep …
Avik Roy / Forbes:
New Poll: Only One-Third Of Americans Support Repealing, Defunding Or Delaying Obamacare  —  Polls consistently show that Americans aren't happy with Obamacare.  They think the law will make health care more expensive, and decrease its quality.  But a new survey of 1,976 registered voters finds …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
John Boehner doesn't have to let the Tea Party paralyze whole government  —  The New York Times reports this morning that GOP Rep. Charlie Dent, a moderate from Pennsylvania, is working to round up House GOP support for allowing a “clean CR” funding the government, with no Obamacare defunding, to get a vote in the House.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Shutdown showdown hits brink as Senate kills House spending bill  —  The Senate voted Monday afternoon to kill House Republicans' latest stopgap spending offer, holding firm in their demand that Congress continue to fund Obamacare as part of any government-funding debate.
Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
Extremely Extreme Extremists
Bloomberg:
Republicans' Shutdown Fight Exposes Simmering Civil War
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Taylor Marsh
Washington Post:
Senate rejects House amendments to spending bill as shutdown looms
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Senator Denounces House GOP's Obamacare Strategy
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Dow drops amid government shutdown fears
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama ‘not resigned’ to shutdown
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Senate Action on Health Law Moves to Brink of Shutdown
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
POLL: Voters Are ‘Unmoved’ By Government Shutdown Drama, Still Don't Want To Delay Obamacare
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Paul Begala / CNN:
Three ways to score the shutdown battle
Discussion: Roll Call, PoliticusUSA and The Week
Politico:
Government shutdown update: Mitch McConnell weighs one-week CR
Charles Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
Why I Am Cancelling My Documentary on Hillary Clinton  —  In late 2012, CNN Films approached me about directing a documentary.  We discussed a number of potential subjects, and eventually settled on Hillary Rodham Clinton.  The film would be ambitious, controversial, and highly visible.
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
Right-wing extremists “are guilty of murder,” Sen. Angus King tells Salon  —  In an interview with Salon, Independent senator unloads on conservatives who urge young people to remain uninsured  —  Tuesday begins a 6-month race to enroll as many uninsured people as possible in the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges.
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New York Times:
Qaeda Plot Leak Has Undermined U.S. Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — As the nation's spy agencies assess the fallout from disclosures about their surveillance programs, some government analysts and senior officials have made a startling finding: the impact of a leaked terrorist plot by Al Qaeda …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
The Right Gets Its '60s  —  “Something's happening here.  —  What it is ain't exactly clear.  The right-wing campaign to sabotage the Affordable Care Act has driven a lot of normally temperate people past the edge of exasperation.  Pundits have described the crusade as crazy, stupid …
NY Daily News:
'Because you're black': Framboise Patisserie in Middle Village, Queens, hit with $25,000 in fines, penalties in discrimination case  —  'I can't hire you because you're black,' Jamilah DaCosta, 25, said she was told when she tried to get a job at the bakery.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to ‘Free Health Care’  —  Even as President Obama and his administration are making a last minute push to encourage enrollment in Obamacare, a quiet change was made on the Healthcare.gov website regarding those who will still not be able to afford coverage after the program kicks in.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Most Popular Question at Healthcare.gov: How to Get Exemption From Lack-of-Coverage Penalty Fee?  —  One day away from the launch of the Obamacare marketplaces, the question most on the minds people visiting the Healthcare.gov website is not about coverage, but rather about avoiding the penalty, or tax, for not having health insurance.
 
 
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