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Groups of people wait outside of the Lincoln Memorial as barricades block the entrance due to all park service owned buildings and monuments being closed due to the government shutdown in Washington, DC., Tuesday, October 1, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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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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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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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks 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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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks to reporters after urging House Republicans to pass a clean continuing resolution at a press conference on Capitol Hill as congress continues to battle over a government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. The lawmakers were applauded by employees in the audience that have been furloughed by the shutdown. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Veterans salute the American flag during a visit to the World War II memorial despite its closure due to the government shutdown in Washington, DC., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks to reporters after urging House Republicans to pass a clean continuing resolution at a press conference on Capitol Hill as congress continues to battle over a government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. The lawmakers were applauded by employees in the audience that have been furloughed by the shutdown. (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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Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), center, Mark Warner (D-Va.), left, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), right, urge House Republicans to pass a clean continuing resolution at a press conference on Capitol Hill as congress continues to battle over a government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. The lawmakers were applauded by employees in the audience that have been furloughed by the shutdown. (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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** FILE ** The Internal Revenue Service Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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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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** FILE ** Disability rights activists with ADAPT are turned away from the U.S. Capitol Building as they try to deliver a letter to Congress demanding the end to the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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US Army Veteran, Leo Ryan, visits the World War II memorial for the first time despite its closure due to the government shutdown in Washington, DC., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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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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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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National Parks Service Ranger Karen Cucurullo, places yellow police tape on 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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United States Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Family Photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, talks with United States Secretary of State John Kerry as they arrive to the Family Photo and Gala Dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)