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Inside the GOP Surrender

It's Over

The Republican strategy of obstruction collapsed in a late deal that averted default and re-opened the government. Ben Jacobs reports on how the party surrendered.

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The government shutdown did not end with a bang or even a whimper. Instead, it ended with a stenographer screaming about the freemasons.After the Senate approved the Reid-McConnell

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