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Cantor Tweets Photo Of Republicans Seated At Table: ‘We Sit Ready To Negotiate’

House majority leader Eric Cantor, of Va., speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
By Tom Kludt
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October 1, 2013 9:25 a.m.
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) sent a message over Twitter to his counterparts in the upper chamber on Tuesday: “We sit read to negotiate with the Senate.”

Cantor included a photo of House Republicans seated on one side of a conference table across from a row of empty chairs.

Senate Democrats have thus far rejected the House GOP’s proposals to negotiate a solution to end the government shutdown. 

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Tom Kludt (@TomKludt)  Tom Kludt is a reporter for Talking Points Memo based in New York City, covering media and national affairs. Originally from South Dakota, Tom joined TPM as an intern in late-2011 and became a staff member during the 2012 election. He can be reached at tom@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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