Republicans Hope You'll Forget.. Shutdown Continues.. Boehner Could End It Today

October 3, 2013 Subscribe · Forward These Republicans Really Hope You'll Forget The Government Shutdown Is Their Fault WASHINGTON -- If you follow any Republican lawmakers on social media, you may have noticed a popular theme on Wednesday: Blame President Barack Obama for the negative effects of the government shutdown, which began earlier this week after Republicans in the House refused to pass a federal budget that didn't also defund the Affordable Care Act.  Continue reading... LIVE UPDATES: Government Shutdown Continues Republicans Grandstand At Memorial Instead Of Working To Reopen It Presented by HuffPost Politics IN HIS HANDS: Boehner Could End This Thing Today Here's How The Government Shutdown Is Hurting Your State Dem Rep Introduces Bill To Stop Congress From Getting Paid During Shutdown KKK Rally Canceled Because Of Shutdown Here's How The Government Shutdown Is Hurting Your State This Quote Says Everything About The GOP's Shutdown Stand Dem Rep Introduces Bill To Stop Congress From Getting Paid During Shutdown This Quote Says Everything About The GOP's Shutdown Stand House Now Has The Votes To End Government Shutdown, But It Won't FRANCES BEINECKE Will GOP Learn from Shutdown Fiasco or Force Another One Over Debt Ceiling? Republicans have put America's health and environment in jeopardy with their shutdown tactics. The question is: will they learn from their error or do it all again in two weeks when the debt ceiling must be lifted? Continue reading... KATHLEEN REARDON Are the Republicans Crazy? No! The Republicans have chosen not to be good, not to be fair, not to be rational in the common sense of these words. Since they can't win, their goal is to "win" by disallowing a win by the opposition and then to worry about explanations later. Continue reading... GRAHAM E. FULLER Has Obama (Inadvertently) Broken the Mold in U.S. Foreign Policy? Could it be that Obama's supposed weakness and vacillation is actually an "aha" moment, the first glimmer of wisdom in the dark tunnel of disastrous policy decades since we seized the poisoned chalice of the "world's sole superpower?" Continue reading... CHRIS WEIGANT What Reid, Pelosi, and Obama Should Say Now If there was some underlying "cut deficits" strategy to the Republican shutdown, then why would the House have passed a budget bill on the brink of the shutdown which increased the debt by $29 billion? Continue reading... TOM HARVEY The Case for Compulsory Gun Insurance Insurance should be required for manufacturers of guns that continues in effect until it is replaced by the next owner's insurance which also continues. If the chain is broken then the last insurer should be on the hook. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003