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  • The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to avoid national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington.
  • House Republican efforts to pass legislation averting a Treasury default and ending a government shutdown collapsed Tuesday.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada takes the elevator after a rare Senate session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013.
  • The Senate's top leaders expressed optimism that they were close to an agreement to prevent a national financial default.
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  • Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., look to photographers as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House.
  • The Senate hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default.
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  • Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a rally in front of the WWII Memorial Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 in Washington.
  • A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial to protest the memorial's closing under the government shutdown.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, pauses during a news conference with, from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Reid, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Was., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 in Washington.
  • Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default by the Treasury crept closer.
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  • Tourists flock to Grand Canyon Airport to take helicopter tours as the only way they could see the Grand Canyon as the entrance to park remains closed to visitors due to the continued federal government shutdown on Friday Oct. 11, 2013, in Tusayan, Ariz.
  • Arizona officials say tourists should be able to return to Grand Canyon National Park Saturday following a government plan.
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  • The White House is shown in this undated file photo.
  • With time running short, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans accelerated efforts to end the shutdown.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio departs the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, en route to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama about a solution to ending the government shutdown.
  • House Republicans softened their long-standing demands and the White House appeared agreeable to a compromise.
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  • President Barack Obama talks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington.
  • President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks about the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the White House in Washington.
  • President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner offered hints of compromise but also traded heated rhetoric.
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  • Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • A possible national default loomed closer on Monday as the partial government shutdown lingered, rattling markets.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner is seen in an undated file photo.
  • As the U.S. heads into the sixth day of the government shutdown, there are still no signs of a solution to the impasse.
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  • Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • The House passed a bill on Saturday to pay federal workers who are furloughed during the government shutdown.
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  • Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • The House passed a bill on Saturday to pay federal workers who are furloughed during the government shutdown.
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  • The Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work.
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  • Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • Prospects for a swift end to the partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md.
  • President Barack Obama said Thursday he's canceling a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown.
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  • An aerial view of Camp Pendleton is seen in this undated file photo.
  • The federal government shutdown has closed all non-essential operations at Camp Pendleton, affecting 1,200 employees.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, speak to reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.
  • The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown after a White House meeting yielded no signs of progress.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to members of the media after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.
  • House Speaker Boehner has emerged from a meeting with President Obama to say the president is still refusing to negotiate.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner is seen in this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, photo.
  • After two days, there are no signs of progress over the partial government shutdown.
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  • A sign shows the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown.
  • There are suggestions from leaders in both parties that the partial government shutdown could last for weeks.
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  • The White House is seen in this undated file photo.
  • Congress has missed the deadline for averting the first partial government shutdown in nearly two decades.
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  • Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2013.
  • Sen. Ted Cruz ended his filibuster to dismantle Obamacare as the Senate moved to a test vote to avert a government shutdown.
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  • Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2013.
  • The Senate is on its way to defeating attempts to dismantle the president's health care law despite filibusters.
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  • Republican John Boehner raises a gavel after being voted to a second term as Speaker of the House on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.
  • The House voted to cripple the president's health care law as part of a ploy that threatens a partial government shutdown.
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  • Republican John Boehner raises a gavel after being voted to a second term as Speaker of the House on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.
  • The GOP is moving to send to the Senate a measure to prevent a government shutdown but cripple the health care law.
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  • A weapon is seen at a gun control hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
  • Senate Democrats dropped an assault weapons ban from its gun control bill, making it unlikely that the ban will survive.
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  • Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage in an online video released by the Human Rights Campaign on Monday, March 18, 2013.
  • Hillary Clinton has announced her support for gay marriage in an online video released by the Human Rights Campaign.
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  • Rep. Karen Bass appears on Eyewitness Newsmakers airing on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.
  • With the votes counted, will the new Dem. majority go on a spending spree and what's ahead for the new Congress?
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  • President Barack Obama delivers a victory speech at his presidential election night party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
  • After winning re-election, Obama returned to the theme that helped him win the first time around: bipartisan unity.
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  • President Barack Obama and his family after he delivered a victory speech at his presidential election night party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
  • On election night, 21 percent of voters were not white, and President Obama dominated with those groups
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  • President Barack Obama delivers a victory speech at his presidential election night party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
  • After winning re-election, Obama returned to the theme that helped him win the first time around: bipartisan unity.
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  • See photos of the 2012 Presidential Election from the perspective of Americans locally and around the nation.
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  • President Barack Obama delivers a victory speech at his presidential election night party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
  • After winning re-election, Obama returned to the theme that helped him win the first time around: bipartisan unity.
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  • Los Angeles resident Enrique Treao talks about President Barack Obamas re-election on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
  • Hispanic Angelenos who voted for President Barack Obama say they want him to deliver on immigration reform.
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  • Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers a speech at his campaign headquarters in Boston conceding defeat to President Barack Obama in the presidential election on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
  • Romney conceded defeat to President Obama, saying he'd 'pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.'
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  • President Barack Obama delivers a victory speech at his presidential election night party in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Mr. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
  • President Barack Obama was projected to claim a second term in the White House with wins in crucial battleground states.
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  • Congressmen Howard Berman, left, and Brad Sherman, right, are shown voting on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012.
  • After a long and tough congressional race, Brad Sherman and Howard Berman are going head to head on Election Day.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.
  • President Obama wrapped up his campaign Monday and plans to spend Election Day with family and play basketball.
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  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not wasting any time, hitting the campaign trail with just hours left to vote.
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  • President Barack Obama (left) and Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaign  in key states on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012.
  • After thousands of campaign ads and many speeches, the battle for the presidency moves from the candidates to the voters.
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  • Congressmen Howard Berman, left, and Brad Sherman, right, are shown in undated file photos.
  • One of the nation's costliest and toughest congressional races will be decided on Election Day in the San Fernando Valley.
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  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks to his supporters at a rally in Florida on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney began Monday in Florida, where he told supporters a better economy is just 24 hours away.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks to his supporters at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • President Obama on Monday crisscrossed the Midwest in a last-ditch effort to hold off GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
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  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks to his supporters at a rally in Florida on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney began Monday in Florida, where he told supporters a better economy is just 24 hours away.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks to his supporters at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • President Obama on Monday crisscrossed the Midwest in a last-ditch effort to hold off GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
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  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks to his supporters at a rally in Florida on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney began Monday in Florida, where he told supporters a better economy is just 24 hours away.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks to his supporters at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, on the eve of Election Day on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
  • President Obama on Monday crisscrossed the Midwest in a last-ditch effort to hold off GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
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