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        "uri": "/2013/10/15/house-gop-unveils-counter-to-senate-debt-plan/",
        "title": "House GOP unveils counter to Senate debt plan",
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        "prettyDate": "October 15, 2013",
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        "summary": "House GOP leaders unveiled their own plan Tuesday to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/08/senate-dems-to-try-for-debt-ceiling-increase/",
        "title": "Senate Dems to try for debt ceiling increase",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "October 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/04/dems-say-its-time-to-end-shutdown/",
        "title": "Dems say it’s time to end shutdown",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor, Nedra Pickler",
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        "prettyDate": "October 04, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama decided to stay home from economic summits in Asia as Democrats stepped up pressure on congressional Republicans to rein in their tea party faction and reopen the government with no strings attached.",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/02/obama-lawmakers-to-meet/",
        "title": "Obama, lawmakers to meet",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2013",
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        "summary": "President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House on the second day of a partial government shutdown that has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Republican leaders welcomed the Wednesday afternoon meeting but questioned whether Democrats were ready to...",
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        "uri": "/2013/10/02/lawmakers-feeling-heat-from-shutdown/",
        "title": "Lawmakers feeling heat from shutdown",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        "summary": "Lawmakers locked in a political stare-down Wednesday were buffeted by rising anger from across the nation about a partial government shutdown that ruined vacations, sapped businesses and closed military cemeteries as far away as France. Some on Capitol Hill ominously suggested the impasse might last for weeks, but a few...",
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        "uri": "/2013/09/30/ppaca-dispute-sends-dc-to-brink-of-shutdown/",
        "title": "PPACA dispute sends DC to brink of shutdown",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "September 30, 2013",
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        "summary": "Compromise elusive, Republicans and Democrats engaged in finger-pointing Monday just hours before the first government shutdown in 17 years, driven by an intractable budget dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law.",
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        "uri": "/2013/09/26/house-gop-mulls-shutdown-options/",
        "title": "House GOP mulls shutdown options",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "September 26, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "Pressure is building on fractious House Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund Obamacare from the bill.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/09/25/cruz-ends-talkathon/",
        "title": "Cruz ends talkathon",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "September 25, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "summary": "Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz ended his all-night talkathon to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law after 21 hours and 19 minutes as the Senate pushed ahead to a test vote Wednesday on a bill to avert a government shutdown.",
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        "uri": "/2013/09/25/senate-heads-toward-ppaca-vote/",
        "title": "Senate heads toward PPACA vote",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "September 25, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Democratic-controlled Senate is on a path toward defeating tea party attempts to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care law, despite an overnight talkathon on the chamber's floor led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/09/20/house-votes-to-derail-obamacare-again/",
        "title": "House votes to derail Obamacare, again",
        "byline": "Andrew Taylor",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "The GOP-controlled House moved Friday toward a confrontation with the Senate over President Barack Obama's health care law with a legislative ploy that threatens a government shutdown in a week and a half.",
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