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A Capitol police officer walks through the Capitol Rotunda, empty of visitors after being closed to tours, during the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

SC Republican: 'Government didn't shut down'

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

As congressional Republicans shut down the federal government last fall, there was some effort among conservatives to redefine the word "shutdown" to make it seem less politically provocative. Fox News and others said it was a "slowdown," not a "shutdown."http://www.msnbc.

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US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, October 8, 2013.

Poll: Do you agree with Obama's hard line?

The Last Word

Drunk dialing Congress over shutdown

Koch brothers prove their power over GOP — The Ed Show

Koch brothers prove their power over GOP

GOP denies serious impact of default — The Ed Show

GOP denies serious impact of default

President Obama has more cards to play — The Cycle

President Obama has more cards to play

U.S. Senate Democrats leave after a meeting between President Barack Obama at the White House October 10, 2013. — NewsNation

Debt limit deal? We’ll see, say Dems

Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013.

#DontShutMeDown

McCain blames Tea Party for shutdown — Andrea Mitchell

McCain blames Tea Party for shutdown

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., looks at his notes as he speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference in Washington on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

Rubio, the great Houdini

Charity pays death benefits amid funding... — Andrea Mitchell

Charity pays death benefits amid funding...

Boehner's short term solution to debt default — Andrea Mitchell

Boehner's short term solution to debt default

U.S. House Speaker Boehner leaves after a meeting with U.S. President Obama, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington — The Cycle

As shutdown continues Congress approval falls

Shutdown hits food banks hard — Thomas Roberts

Shutdown hits food banks hard

Veterans may lose $6 billion in benefits — Daily Rundown

Veterans may lose $6 billion in benefits

Searching for a deal on the shutdown — Thomas Roberts

Searching for a deal on the shutdown

Rangel: No question, we're moving toward deal — Jansing & Co.

Rangel: No question, we're moving toward deal

Tourists peer into the closed Smithsonian Air and Space Museum October 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. — The Cycle

Dysfunctional government is No. 1 problem

With no guided tours due to the U.S. Government shut down, a U.S. Capitol police officer stands in front of paintings in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 7, 2013. — The Cycle

How is the government shutdown affecting you?

Booker, Lonegan trade barbs in NJ debate — Daily Rundown

Booker, Lonegan trade barbs in NJ debate

Speculation on debt default — Daily Rundown

Speculation on debt default

A debt extension without funding the gov.? — Daily Rundown

A debt extension without funding the gov.?

‘We need to work this out,’ says GOP Rep. — Daily Rundown

‘We need to work this out,’ says GOP Rep.

Parties negotiate short-term debt extension — Daily Rundown

Parties negotiate short-term debt extension

Were the Koch brothers driving the shutdown? — Daily Rundown

Were the Koch brothers driving the shutdown?

Democrats see hope in GOP shutdown backlash — Rachel Maddow

Democrats see hope in GOP shutdown backlash

U.S. Army soldiers carry the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. Cody J. Patterson during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on October 9, 2013 in Dover, Delaware. — PoliticsNation

What if the shutdown debate were flipped?

Do Republicans know what they want anymore? — All In

Do Republicans know what they want anymore?

NewsNation

Obama would ‘spring for dinner’ over budget

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