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** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, following a vote in the Senate rejecting the latest House GOP effort to negotiate on government spending. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), center, heads into to a GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), center, heads into to a GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) heads into to a GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), right, heads into to a GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), right, heads into to a GOP Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The GOP refuses to compromise! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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President Obama said an "extreme faction" in the Republican Party is putting the nation at risk of an economic calamity because of its opposition to the Affordable Health Care Act. A key feature of the health reform act is due to go into effect Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and GOP leaders speak to reporters after a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 26, 2013. (Associated Press)
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"I think of instead of the libertarian aspect of the Republican Party being a detriment, I actually think it has come full circle and it really is the way the Republican Party will grow," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says of his political future. (Associated Press)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and fellow House GOP members rally at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 20, 2013, after passing a bill that would fund the government for three months while crippling the health care law that was the signature accomplishment of President Obama's first term. (Associated Press)
