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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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  • President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle, Wash., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
  • Four years after risking his life in Afghanistan, William D. Swenson solemnly received the Medal of Honor on 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 stands with outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the State Dining Room pf the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013.
  • In a history-making selection, President Barack Obama nominated Janet Yellen to be chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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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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  • President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand during a memorial service for the victims of the Navy Yard shooting on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013.
  • President Barack Obama spoke at a memorial service Sunday afternoon for the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting.
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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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  • French Interior Minister Manuel Valls is seen prior to defense council at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.
  • Negotiations have begun on a proposed U.N. resolution over Syria's chemical weapons.
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  • President Barack Obama addresses the nation on the situation in Syria on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.
  • President Obama weighed the options in Syria, defending a possible military attack, but leaving the door open to diplomacy.
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  • President Barack Obama addresses the nation on the situation in Syria on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.
  • Watch President Barack Obama's full speech on the situation in Syria on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.
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  • President Barack Obama talks to ABC News on Sept. 9, 2013.
  • In a rapid chain of events, Syria welcomed the idea of turning over all of its chemical weapons for destruction on Monday.
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  • President Barack Obama is seen in this undated file photo.
  • With scant success, the Obama administration lobbied lawmakers in a struggle to get support for a Syria strike.
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  • Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning the U.S. of repercussions if it launches a military attack against him.
  • Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning the U.S. of repercussions if it launches a military attack against him.
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  • President Barack Obama is seen in this September 2013 file photo.
  • President Barack Obama acknowledged deep divisions at home and abroad on Friday over his call for military action in Syria.
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  • Obama is using his last day in Europe to renew his quest for foreign support for a U.S. military strike in Syria.
  • Obama is using his last day in Europe to renew his quest for foreign support for a U.S. military strike in Syria.
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  • President Barack Obama is seen on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.
  • President Obama is using his last day in Europe to renew his quest for foreign support for a U.S. military strike in Syria.
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  • President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.
  • President Obama is in Russia to confront Syria's key patron, as well as leaders skeptical of his call for military strike.
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  • President Barack Obama makes a statement on Syria on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
  • President Barack Obama says he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action against Syria.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks on Syria on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
  • President Barack Obama says he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action against Syria.
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  • Syrian-American Susan Misto is seen in this photo Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
  • Local Syrian-Americans are reacting to President Obama's plan to seek congressional approval on action against Syria.
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  • A draft resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria has reached Congress.
  • A draft resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria has reached Congress.
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  • A draft resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria has reached Congress.
  • A draft resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria has reached Congress.
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  • President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
  • The president has invited John McCain to the White House to help sell the idea of a US military intervention in Syria.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks as Sen. John McCain listens on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013.
  • The president has invited John McCain to the White House to help sell the idea of a US military intervention in Syria.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner is seen in an undated file photo.
  • President Barack Obama has won critical support from House Speaker John Boehner for a punitive strike against Syria.
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  • Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached agreement on a resolution on using military force against Syria.
  • Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached agreement on a resolution on using military force against Syria.
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