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4:35 PM ET, October 15, 2013

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New York Times:
Senate Talks on Hold as House G.O.P. Revises Its Fiscal Plan  —  WASHINGTON — Negotiations to reopen the government and avert a possible default just two days away were temporarily suspended Tuesday, and Senate Republicans emerged from a closed-door lunch saying they had to wait …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
House Conservatives Revolt  —  Later this morning, House Republicans will meet in the Capitol's basement.  The chief topic of conversation: the emerging Senate deal.  But before the meeting even begins, House conservatives are bashing it behind the scenes, and they're pushing the leadership to reject the compromise.
Brian Beutler / Salon:
John Boehner makes his final move  —  A massive GOP retreat — but a greedy one  —  This is probably the penultimate twist in the debt limit saga, both because there isn't much time left, and because this is John Boehner's last real move.  —  House Republican leaders, not content with back-seat status …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
House GOPer: We're Gonna Make Them An Offer They Can't Refuse  —  Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) told reporters Tuesday that part of the House Republican calculus in its plan to re-open the government and raise the debt limit was trying to leverage the Thursday default deadline to their advantage in their back-and-forth with the Senate.
Politico:
Budget battle escalates  —  House Republican leaders scrambled Tuesday afternoon to rewrite their bill to lift the debt ceiling and reopen government in a bid to attract enough conservative support to ensure passage.  —  In a closed-party meeting Tuesday morning, the House GOP leadership announced …
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Ted Cruz, House Republicans Meet in Secret at Tortilla Coast  —  Updated Oct. 15, 11:58 a.m. |  Sen. Ted Cruz met with roughly 15 to 20 House Republicans for around two hours late Monday night at the Capitol Hill watering hole Tortilla Coast.  —  The group appeared to be talking strategy …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Chaos Ensues As Conservatives Tank House GOP's New Debt Plan  —  House Republican leaders scrambled Tuesday after conservatives criticized their new plan to avert default.  Just two days away from the deadline, it quickly hit turbulence with lawmakers concerned about the lack of spending cuts and upfront debt reduction.
Robert Costa / National Review:
Boehner Searches for Votes  —  After a relatively calm conference meeting this morning, Speaker John Boehner is moving forward with his new fiscal strategy, which slightly revises the bipartisan framework being discussed in the Senate.  But he's treading carefully.
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and Business Insider
Russell Berman / The Hill:
House hopes to move own debt plan, but may not have the votes
Tom Cohen / CNN:
House GOP disarray surfaces over possible shutdown plan
Patrick Brennan / National Review:
How the House GOP Plans to Sell Their Version Of the Senate Deal
ABC News:
Senate, House on Separate Paths to Deal
Discussion: Salon, The Hill and ABC News
Rielle Hunter / The Huffington Post:
I, Rielle Hunter, Apologize  —  I behaved badly.  That may seem obvious to you but it's taken me a long time to admit that, even to myself.  For years I was so viciously attacked by the media and the world that I felt like a victim.  I now realize that the attacks are actually beside the point.
Esquire:
13 THINGS THAT DEFINE THE NEW AMERICAN CENTER  —  It is bigger than you think...  An exclusive Esquire-NBC News survey shows us that everything we are told about politics in America today—that there is no middle ground between left and right, blue and red, us and them—is wrong.
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Felix Salmon:
The default has already begun  —  The big question in Washington this week is whether, in the words of the NYT, we're going to see “a legislative failure and an economic catastrophe that could ripple through financial markets, foreign capitals, corporate boardrooms, state budget offices and the bank accounts of everyday investors”.
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New York Times:
Senators Near Fiscal Deal, but the House Is Uncertain
Pacilin / California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris:
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Guilty Plea by Former San Diego Mayor  —  SAN DIEGO - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has plead guilty to one count of felony false imprisonment and two counts of misdemeanor battery.
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Mark Duell / Daily Mail:
Hillary who?  Bloody-minded London traffic warden defies five furious secret service agents to give Hillary Clinton a ticket  —  This is the extraordinary moment that Hillary Clinton's security staff got into an argument with a traffic warden after he issued her car with a parking ticket.
The Atlantic Online:
What This Cruel War Was Over  —  It is not so much the behavior of the lone idiot that matters, but the tenor of the crowd around him.  —  On Sunday, a group of conservative radicals held a protest in Washington.  Eventually they walked to the White House.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Panetta rebukes Obama's handling of shutdown  —  Leon Panetta served in Washington with nine presidents, starting with Lyndon Johnson.  He has been a member of Congress, Office of Management and Budget director, White House chief of staff, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and secretary …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Leon Panetta Blames Both Sides For Fiscal Crisis
Discussion: Washington Wire and Hullabaloo
Don Kaplan / NY Daily News:
'The Kelly File's' surge is legit, Nielsen says  —  MSNBC had questioned Fox News show's 100% ratings increase  —  Megyn Kelly hosts the Fox News Channel's new show “The Kelly File.”  —  Nielsen has conducted an investigation into the ratings for Megyn Kelly's new Fox News Channel show …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
As Debt Limit Deadline Nears, Concern Ticks Up But Skepticism Persists  —  Despite Image Problems, GOP Holds Ground on Key Issues  —  With just two days to go before an Oct. 17 deadline to raise the nation's debt limit, 51% of the public views a rise in the nation's debt limit as …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli by 7 points as Va. voters blame GOP for shutdown  —  Virginia voters looking for somebody to blame for the government shutdown impacting federal workers in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have settled on gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli …
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Emily Bazelon / Slate:
The affirmative-action case liberals deserve to lose.  —  Lucky Elena Kagan.  She gets to sit out this year's affirmative action case at the Supreme Court, probably because she worked on a related matter when she was solicitor general.  Part of me wishes I could skip it, too.
Morgan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Dewhurst Calls for Obama's Impeachment … During an appearance at a Tarrant County Tea Party candidate forum, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called for President Obama to be impeached, a spokesman for his campaign confirmed Monday night.  —  Dewhurst's comments were first reported on Twitter …
 
 
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