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  • The morning sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, as the government teeters on the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight unless Congress can reach an agreement on funding.
  • President Barack Obama has signed a measure averting default on the national debt and ending a partial government shutdown.
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  • A vote in the House on a new Republican plan to reopen the government and avert a financial default has now been postponed.
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  • Hope for shutdown deal: Reid, McConnell optimistic
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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  • The Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over spending in their struggle to end a partial government shutdown.
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  • Veterans carry a gate to the White House from a WWII memorial
  • A group of veterans protested outside the White House, over the closure of the World War II Memorial during the shutdown.
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  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate leaders have taken the helm in the search for a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default.
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  • San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant reopened Saturday despite the federal government shutdown.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013
  • Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a solution to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • Starbucks says it will ask customers and businesses to sign a petition calling for an end to the partial government shutdown.
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  • President Barack Obama applauds as he announces his nominee for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, currently vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
  • Pres. Obama and Republican leaders reached no specific determination on how to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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  • Government shutdown protester at the Cliff House in San Francisco
  • The federal government shutdown continues to affect all sorts of services in the Bay Area, leaving a lot of people disappointed.
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  • Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Secretary John McHugh.
  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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  • Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants lawmakers to come together to resolve their political gridlock -- so he's giving away free coffee.
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  • Gold Star moms outraged funeral funds are frozen
  • Gold Star Moms are outraged the death gratuity funds for military families is frozen due to the government shutdown.
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  • President Obama says he's fighting the budget battle because "we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy."
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  • President Barack Obama walks back toward the Oval Office after he speaking about the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.
  • Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the unrelated conditions.
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  • Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber as lawmakers vote to pay federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington
  • House Speaker Boehner says he doesn't know when the shutdown will end and says it's up to Pres. Obama to start negotiations.
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  • Alcatraz Island
  • If a government shutdown occurs, national parks will close including Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.
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  • Alcatraz Island
  • If a government shutdown occurs, national parks will close including Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.
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  • President Barack Obama speaks at the Ford stamping plant in Liberty, Mo., Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
  • President Barack Obama is appealing to the public anew to pressure Congress to stop undermining his health care law.
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  • Republicans controlling the House are moving to ship to the Senate a measure that would prevent a government shutdown.
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  • Save Syria Facebook page
  • Syrian-Americans living in the Bay Area are encouraging the U.S. Government to get involved in the crisis in Syria.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama says the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from should only be approved if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution.
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  • President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attend national prayer service
  • President Obama is beginning the first full workday of his second term with prayer at the Washington National Cathedral.
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  • Photos from ceremonies to mark the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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  • White House/Inauguration
  • "It's been exhilarating and exciting. We're also honored to be part of this and the ceremony was beautiful."
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  • Woman watching President Obamas Inauguration at the Bayview Opera House in San Francisco
  • A crowd gathered at the Bayview Opera House in San Francisco to watch President Obama take his second oath of office on Monday.
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  • President Obama raising his hand, taking oath
  • Stepping into his 2nd term, Pres. Obama took the oath of office Sunday in an intimate swearing-in ceremony at the White House.
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  • White House
  • Hundreds will pack the National Mall on Monday eager to witness the second inauguration of President Obama.
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  • President faces big challenge with debt ceiling
  • President Obama says he won't negotiate with House Republicans over raising the debt ceiling, but faces a big challenge closing the deal.
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  • President faces big challenge with debt ceiling
  • Obama won't negotiate with House Republicans over raising the debt ceiling, but faces a big challenge ahead.
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  • President Barack Obama
  • President Obama says he is willing to consider more spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the deficit.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up a gavel
  • A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration.
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  • House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up a gavel
  • Congress ushering in new members, with old divide
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  • President Obama talks about fiscal cliff during news conference
  • Senate leaders are rushing to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts.
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  • Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
  • Here's the local outlook on what kinds of cuts we can expect if the nation goes over the financial cliff.
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  • Barack Obama and John Boehner
  • Administration officials say President Obama and House Speaker Boehner met Sunday to discuss the impeding "fiscal cliff."
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  • DC capital dome
  • Sen. Bob Corker says he and other Republican senators would consider raising the top tax rate paid by the wealthiest Americans.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama says there will be no deal unless Republicans drop their opposition to raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
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  • President Obama talks about the fiscal cliff
  • On Monday, the Republicans have put forward a plan to avoid massive spending cuts and tax increases known as the fiscal cliff.
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  • Fiscal Cliff January 1,2013
  • They may not agree on the details, but House Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi both agree that failure is not an option.
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  • Capitol Hill
  • A Republican senator says "it's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table" as part of the solution to avoid a "fiscal cliff."
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  • Capitol Hill
  • It's been less than a week since Election Day, and attention is already shifting to what everyone is calling "the fiscal cliff."
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  • Capitol Hill
  • It's been less than a week since Election Day, and attention is already shifting to what everyone is calling "the fiscal cliff."
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  • Obama: Americans agree with my approach on deficit
  • President Obama says he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more taxes.
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  • Barack Obamas victory speech on Election 2012
  • President Obama will set the tone for upcoming talks with congressional Republicans on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff.
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