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After all this mess is over, do we really want to compromise john boehner as leader of the house . I dont know. Yes. Maybe. Senator graham raises a fair point. Where is the raucous house caucus in the deal making . Most data points to disarray. After reviewing his options over chinese takeouts and cigarettes, how angry the stock markets get on voting on a bill in the lower chamber. Speaking of which Global Financial leaders warned this weekend of massive disruption the world over should america fail. Somewhere between gaenghas khan. We will see what it takes to leave reality and step into toda...

Mitch mcconnell is negotiateing a plan to extend the debt ceiling and end the shutdown in exchange for a list of concessions yet to be determined. As for the thing that got the gop into this approval cratering mess to begin with, so far no repeal of obama care, no defunding of it either. President obama is meeting right now with Senate Republicans including, as we said, Mitch Mcconnell. The biggest slice of obama care that appears to be on the table is a repeal of 2. 3 tax on medical devices. Whether the gop will be able to extract more as payment for all their woes remains to be seen. As poli...

Business. Okay. Take a deep breath. Count to ten. Because there may at last be a way out of at least part of the monumental standoff in washington. Right now were just half an hour away from a crucial meeting between House Republican leaders and the president at the white house. And everything could hinge on what happens there. Senate democrats just left the white house after their meeting, and Senate Republicans will head over tomorrow morning. Now over in the house, gop leaders announced this morning that theyll offer a bill authorizing a temporary increase in the debt ceiling if the preside...

Is some hope at this hour of a deal to reopen the government, raise the debt ceiling and put an end to this ugly, unnecessary crisis. 14 days into a Government Shutdown, the timeliness to avoid possible economic calamity just three days is truly unforgiven, given the sheer mechanics of getting something passed through both houses of Congress Even after a deal is finally reached. Senate majority leader harry reid and Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell spent the day inching closer to a deal after house leaders were unable to arrive at something the president could accept. Weve made tremendou...

President could accept. Weve made tremendous progress. We are not there yet, but tremendous progress, and everyone just needs to be patient. Perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. Were not there yet. We hope it will be. Let me echo the remarks of the majority leader. Weve had a good day, had a good day yesterday, had another good day today. I think its safe to say weve made substantial progress. That rare display of bipartisan harmony. The very latest pronouncement from reid and mcconnell about negotiations came just about 90 minutes ago. Earlier today, the duo engaged in a similar attempt at ...