Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), second from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (R-Ill.), third from left, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) fourth from left, speak at a press conference on the ongoing government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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National Parks Service Ranger Karen Cucurullo, stands by a group of barricades, preventing tourists to enter the World War II memorial due to the government shutdown in Washington, DC., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Internal Revenue Service Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Capitol Police Officers stand guard in front of the U.S. Capitol Building after a car chase ended in a shootout at 1st Street and Constitution Ave. NE in front of the Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 3, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats speak on immigration reform at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Furloughed Air Force employee Anna Cima of Mclean, Va., holds a poster that reads "Tired of Being a Pawn in Your Game" as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats call on Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) to end the government shutdown at a press conference on the House east front steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), right, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, at a press conference on the ongoing government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Capitol Police Officers stand guard in front of the U.S. Capitol Building after a car chase ended in a shootout at 1st Street and Constitution Ave. NE in front of the Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 3, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Tarp, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 24, 2012. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney takes the stage for the Southern Republican Presidential Debate at the North Charleston Colosseum, Charleston, SC, Thursday, January 19, 2012.(Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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U.S. Capitol Police Officers stand guard in front of the U.S. Capitol Building after shots are fired after a car chase ended at 1st Street and Constitution Ave. NE in front of the Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 3, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)