After the House’s latest partial spending measure passed Saturday, House Republican leadership asserted that the government shutdown could end if President Obama came to the negotiating table.
Very interesting TPMPrime thread asking what the evolution of your news consumption was over the last decade. Neat stuff. What's your story?
Very odd story breaking down in Houston. Federal law enforcement from the city's Joint Terrorism Task Force swooped into an upscale Houston neighborhood this afternoon after someone supposedly ordered chemicals of the sort you'd use "to make some sort of gas ... like tear gas or nerve gas," according to law enforcement officials quoted by the Houston Chronicle.
I guess you've got to be really, really smart to say things this stupid. Ted Cruz says that his side has already compromised. They wanted to fully repeal Obamacare but they compromised and agreed only to demand that it be defunded.
Can the Democrats roll Boehner but getting a government-opening CR to the floor through a 'discharge petition'? They think it's time to try. Here's our story.
I'm going to be keeping a tally of the number of House GOP moderates who's pledged to support a discharge petition. We've tabulated, re-tabulated and checked the number several times. So far the official tally is: zero.
VP Biden called that Park Ranger who was berated by GOP Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and forced to apologize for the government shutdown.
Today's edition of everyone hates Ted Cruz.
Video of the chase in front of the Capitol building. Watch.
