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To: TideGlider who wrote (745496)	10/10/2013 1:39:28 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570498

Boehner: Let's Lift Debt Ceiling —for 6 Weeks WHITE HOUSE SOUNDS COOL TO SPEAKER'S PLAN, WANTS GOV'T REOPENED By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff newser.com ( Boner raises the white flag of limpness. ) Posted Oct 10, 2013 11:55 AM CDT (NEWSER) – John Boehner moved to lop one head off of Washington's two-headed fiscal crisis today, announcing that House GOP leadership would agree to pass a short-term debt ceiling increase—while continuing to push for concessions from Democrats to end the government shutdown. "We can't fight on two fronts," Boehner told his troops in a meeting this morning, Politico reports. Indeed, the only thing Boehner is demanding in exchange for the debt increase is that the House and Senate appoint conferees to work on a budget deal. The House bill would also include language forbidding the Treasury from exercising "extraordinary measures" to avoid a default. But a White House official said the plan is unlikely to accomplish much, because Democrats wouldn't agree to negotiate until the government reopens. "The president has made clear that he will not pay a ransom for Congress doing its job," he said. Boehner's plan would also only lift the debt ceiling until just before Thanksgiving recess; Democrats want a deal that extends through 2014. The proposal is one of several that Republicans have been floating before today's planned meeting with President Obama. Boehner said he welcomed that meeting, CNNreports.

To: TideGlider who wrote (745496)	10/10/2013 1:48:14 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1570498

You clowns are nuts. You refuse to pay for government, then blame OBAMA for the things that get shut down! The thing is Tidy, only you and the rest of the delusional teepers are buying it. The rest of America knows who the culprits are.

To: TideGlider who wrote (745496)	10/10/2013 1:52:37 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1570498

Utah County: We'll Take Over National Parks STRUGGLING SAN JUAN COUNTY TO TAKE DOWN BARRICADES TO BRING BACK TOURISTS By Arden Dier, Newser Staff newser.com ( Reaping what they have sown? How about recalling teeper reps who voted for the shutdown? ) Posted Oct 10, 2013 9:42 AM CDT (NEWSER) – A southern Utah county isn't taking the government shutdown lying down: It's threatening to reopen its national parks to breathe life back into the area's struggling economy, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. With help from firefighters, EMTs, and search and rescue volunteers, San Juan County—where 70% of businesses rely on visitors to parks, monuments, and public lands—says it will remove barricades, bring in staff, public toilets, and other resources to operate. "How do we let local businesses starve to death?" the fire marshal asked. One wrinkle: The move is against the law. It will be "civil disobedience" done peacefully, the county commissioner says. "We’re watching one of our prime months fade away from us," he says. "It’s really painful. What's happening to us is wrong." Though the costs of the operation haven't been tallied up, the county, the fifth in Utah to declare a state of emergency due to closures, has appealed to the state for funding, NPR reports, adding that barricades could be down as early as today. It's not clear how the feds will respond, but these trespassers at national parks are now headed to court.

To: TideGlider who wrote (745496)	10/10/2013 1:59:19 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1570498

Obamacare Standoff Hurting Lee in Utah A new Brigham Young University poll in Utah finds 51% of Utah voters now disapprove of the performance of Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). "The survey also finds that 57% of Utahns want Lee, whose crusade against funding Obamacare helped bring about a budget impasse and the shutdown of the federal government, to be more conciliatory and compromise on a budget, even if it means funding President Barack Obama's signature health care law."