Politics

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**FILE** Visitors line up outside the National Archives in Washington on July 15, 2006. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks March 1, 2013, during a news conference regarding the automatic spending cuts at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend The New York Observer's 25th anniversary party at The Four Seasons Restaurant on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., is interviewed at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I do not believe that any member of Congress wants to shut down the D.C. government … due to a purely federal matter.” (The Washington Times)