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4:55 PM ET, October 16, 2013

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Politico:
House to vote first on Senate plan  —  The House will vote first on an emerging Senate proposal to open government and lift the debt ceiling, a move that would expedite bipartisan legislation developed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Houston Chronicle:
Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison  —  Things surely would look far different with Sen. Hutchison in office in the nation's capital  —  Does anyone else miss Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison?  —  We're not sure how much difference one person could make in the toxic, chaotic, hyperpartisan atmosphere in Washington …
www.700wlw.com:
John Boehner to Willie: 'We Just Didn't Win'  —  ( Tri-State ) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner was on with Bill Cunningham on Wednesday afternoon.  —  He says he will bring the deal reached in the US Senate to a vote in the House, and he's encouraging Republicans to vote for the plan.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Admits Budget Standoff Was All About Building Fundraising Lists  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) conceded on Wednesday that he would not hold up a vote on an emerging Senate deal to re-open the federal government and avert federal default, but admitted that the three-week long budget standoff …
Wall Street Journal:
It's time to wrap up this comedy of political errors.  —  The Beltway budget melodrama rolls on to its predictable and dreary end, with both sides now split over increasingly small differences.  None of this is worth a partial government shutdown, much less the risk of a debt default, and both sides are looking like losers.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Matt Drudge Predicts Pelosi Will Be Next Speaker  —  Conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge seemed to suggest Wednesday that Democrats will win back control of the House of Representatives next year.  —  In a message to his more than 200,000 followers on Twitter, Drudge predicted …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Boehner to take vote on Senate compromise 1st, pass it with Dem votes  —  The endgame will arrive a little sooner than expected, thanks to a deal cut with John Boehner to take the first plunge on a bipartisan plan to end the budget standoff before the theoretical debt-ceiling limit gets breached.
Speaker.gov:
Statement on Bipartisan Senate Agreement to Reopen Government, Avoid Default … WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement regarding the bipartisan Senate agreement to reopen the federal government and avoid a national default:
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Carl Bernstein: GOP leadership ‘cancerous’  —  Journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Wednesday that Republican Party leadership is “cancerous” and has put the United States at risk by letting the tea party lead the GOP.  —  “The Republican Party today has become a rabid organization from the top down.
Discussion: CNN
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Ted Cruz's Hometown Newspaper Regrets Endorsement
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Houston Chronicle Expresses Regrets For Endorsing Cruz
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
David Corn / Mother Jones:
House Dems Sent Boehner a Message: Strike a Deal and Maybe We Can Help Protect Your Speakership
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Video: Cruz: Senate Republicans should have followed House Republicans
Discussion: Politico
Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Why Ted Cruz Might Still Try to Force a Default
Discussion: Hot Air and Sky Dancing
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Bridge Burning and Bridge Building  —  House Republicans have signaled they are giving up.  —  They'll merge their ideas with Mitch McConnell's ideas.  The result will be a funded government, raised debt ceiling, and nothing done with Obamacare.  —  Throughout this fight, Harry Reid has outsmarted Mitch McConnell.
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Washington Times:
Senate leaders announce agreement to end shutdown, raise debt  —  Top senators struck a deal Wednesday to reopen the government and extend the federal government's borrowing authority into next year and both sides of the Capitol are hoping for quick action to reassure nervous financial markets eyeing …
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CONGRESSMAN: ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS’ IF GOP CAVES ON DEBT CEILING
Associated Press:
Senate leader announces bipartisan budget deal
Discussion: The Verge and Outside the Beltway
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Berate National Parks Director For Shutdown As Deal Is Announced (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: Immigration push won't distract from ObamaCare focus  —  White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that an expected push on immigration reform would not distract from the administration's “around the clock” focus on fixing glitches with the implementation of ObamaCare.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Has Already Won The Shutdown Fight And He's Coming For Immigration Next
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: ‘There are no winners here’
Sudo / Omidyar Group:
My Next Adventure in Journalism  —  As many of you know, I've had an interest in journalism for some time now.  I've been working on Civil Beat for three years and through my philanthropic work at Omidyar Network and Democracy Fund, we've supported many efforts around the world related to media …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Exclusive: Greenwald exits Guardian for new Omidyar media venture
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald to leave Britain's Guardian newspaper
Emily Yoffe / Slate:
College Women: Stop Getting Drunk  —  It's closely associated with sexual assault.  And yet we're reluctant to tell women to stop doing it.  —  In one awful high-profile case after another—the U.S. Naval Academy; Steubenville, Ohio; now the allegations in Maryville, Mo.—we read about a young woman …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Shutdown hurts GOP Senate chances  —  New PPP polls of 6 key Senate races that will determine control of the body after next year's election finds voters extremely unhappy about the government shutdown.  As a result Republicans trail in 5 of the 6 key races and are tied in the 6th.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Daily Caller
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Move On Everybody, It Just Doesn't Matter  —  The ugliness of the GOP schism will probably have a long half life, as various parties feel the need to point fingers and shout “I didn't do it!”  But if at all possible, I think conservatives and Republicans would be well-served by putting …
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line, The Dish and alicublog
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Sorry, Kids.  We Ate It All.  —  Eventually this shutdown crisis will end.  And eventually the two parties will make another stab at a deal on taxes, investments and entitlements.  But there's one outcome from such negotiations that I can absolutely guarantee: Seniors …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP shutdown disaster could give Dems a big lift  —  With the news breaking that John Boehner will allow a House vote on a Senate deal to end the crisis, meaning Republicans surrendered with nothing to show for weeks of crisis brinkmanship, how does that impact GOP fortunes heading into 2014?
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
 
 
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Limbaugh: GOP Most ‘Irrelevant’ Political Party I Can Remember
Discussion: The Raw Story
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Club for Growth, Heritage: Vote no; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges yes vote
James Carville / The Hill:
Opinion: Disturbing polarization in media worsens political partisanship (Video)
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
American Politics Deserves to Be Downgraded
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Anderson Cooper decides GOP strategist is ‘high’ after he says Cruz is ‘having bunny sex’
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Welles Shapiro / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Prodigious Duggar clan stumps for Ken Cuccinelli
Discussion: Liberaland and Right Wing Watch
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Marriage Equality Movement Could Change Dramatically In The Next Two Weeks
Fox News:
Army Ranger believed to be unconscious salutes during Purple Heart ceremony
Marti Maguire / Reuters:
North Carolina is first state to cut welfare amid federal shutdown
Discussion: Guardian, Infowars and The Daily Caller
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Phil Griffin: Chris Matthews ‘national treasure’