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A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning

The stand by conservatives that led to the current crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort, waged by a galaxy of well-funded groups, to undo President Obama’s health care law.

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Shutdown crisis rooted in GOP’s budget - David Rogers

To understand the shutdown crisis in Washington, go back to the House Republican balanced budget plan last spring. To placate the right, promises were made then that could not be kept, and with a new fiscal year beginning Tuesday, GOP leaders are running out of running room. President Barack Obama may very well be in denial about the federal debt,...

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Robert Costa - The Movement Strikes Back

Conservative activists won’t back down on defunding Obamacare.

Activists are "winning" because interest groups are fundraising off of Obamacare defunding push. Headache for Boehner & Cantor.

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John Boehner, Eric Cantor struggle to lead House - Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan

There are times when it looks like Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have no idea how to run the House Republican Conference. In just two frantic days, rank-and-file House Republicans sidelined leadership’s plan to fund the government and take another nonbinding, quixotic vote on defunding President Barack Obama’s signature...

More on GOP leadership problems.

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Norquist Has Leadership's Back Against Heritage, Club for Growth - 218

Senior GOP aide: "Heritage Action & Club for Growth are slowly becoming irrelevant Neanderthals."

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House Republicans broken into fighting factions

Lawmakers have not passed ambitious legislation this year but instead are trying to re-brand party.

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Less than two weeks ago, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy walked upstairs to Majority Leader Eric Cantors Capitol office to discuss a sensitive issue: Why did Cantor schedule a vote before McCarthy had the chance to survey Republican support? The meeting described as tense by several people familiar with it ended...

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Conservative Infighting Kills Effort To "Fix" Obamacare

Eric Cantor and Ted Cruz at war. The message sucks. We oppose Obamacare. Period. We will repeal it. Period, a top Cruz aide tells conservatives.

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