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Looks like all those poison pill policy riders House Republicans attached to the budget — on abortion, the environment, etc — are the big sticking points preventing a deal to fund the government. Which is pretty telling indication of how serious the GOP really is about deficit reduction. Not very.
Harry Reid just said on the Senate floor that he’s less optimistic now than when he left the White House meeting last with the President and Speaker Boehner. The White House just announced Reid and Boehner will return for another session at 1 p.m. ET.
If you’re a Republican member of the Ohio legislature and don’t toe the party line, they strip you of your committee assignments.
The late evening negotiating session at the White House among President Obama, Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Reid just broke up with no deal yet.
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Meeting shaping up at the White House this evening at 8:45 PM between Obama, Reid and Boehner.
It must not look good for Justice Prosser up in Wisconsin. They’re already carting out John Fund to bang the “vote fraud” gong.
I’m not sure I’ve seen a better illustration of the mix of mendacity and messagefail behind the GOP’s grappling with the impending government shutdown. This afternoon Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) addressed a Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill. She was arguing that the Tea Party doesn’t want a shutdown and won’t let the Democrats falsely blame them for what’s coming. Meanwhile, the crowd chants: “Shut’er Down! Shut’er Down!”
Then our Ryan Reilly who was there at the event interviews a member of the crowd who says he doesn’t want a shutdown. Only he’s holding a sign that reads “Shut’er Down!”
Gov. Walker (R-WI) has responded to the news that his favored candidate for Supreme Court Justice, incumbent Justice David Prosser, appears to be losing to Dem-backed JoAnne Kloppenberg. So why’d it happen. Basically, all those weirdos in Madison, according to Walker. Check it out.
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