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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly press conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty) — Immigration

GOP divided over shutdown strategy

By Benjy Sarlin

The new Congress has only just begun and Republican leaders are already debating how to handle a looming shutdown fight over immigration. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires February 27 and conservatives want any new legislation extending the department’s cash line to include language stopping President Obama’s plan to...

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The Cycle

A kindergartener explains the debt ceiling

Everything else is a petty concern — Rachel Maddow

Everything else is a petty concern

Prayers for shutdown end ring through Capitol — PoliticsNation

Prayers for shutdown end ring through Capitol

Who's calling the shots here? — PoliticsNation

Who's calling the shots here?

Speaker of the House John Boehner with House House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol on Oct. 15, 2013. — Hardball

GOPers balk at Boehner bill

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) answers questions from the press followiong a meeting of House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. — The Cycle

Speak up Mr. Speaker

Debt default denier digs in — msnbc Live

Debt default denier digs in

Will House GOP sacrifice US over Obamacare? — Thomas Roberts

Will House GOP sacrifice US over Obamacare?

Susan Collins — Morning Joe

Senators who trust each other? Women

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. — The Cycle

#DontShutMeDown

House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan walks to a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15, 2013 in Washington.

Republicans prepare a shutdown counteroffer

WATCH LIVE: Lawmakers discuss budget

House GOP plans move to counter Senate — Daily Rundown

House GOP plans move to counter Senate

Senate discusses raising debt ceiling — Daily Rundown

Senate discusses raising debt ceiling

Will Boehner wait to the very last second? — Morning Joe

Will Boehner wait to the very last second?

Poll: What’s the craziest GOP claim made?

Will the Senate end the fiscal standoff? — Daily Rundown

Will the Senate end the fiscal standoff?

Time running out to avoid default — Morning Joe

Time running out to avoid default

Tea Party is trying to find the third rail — Morning Joe

Tea Party is trying to find the third rail

I dare you, Cruz to block Senate deal: Joe — Morning Joe

I dare you, Cruz to block Senate deal: Joe

Louise Slaughter, James P. McGovern, Miles Lackey — The Last Word

The House rule change that ensured a shutdown

GOP risks US standing with debt limit stunts — Rachel Maddow

GOP risks US standing with debt limit stunts

Debunking the GOP debt-ceiling myth — All In

Debunking the GOP debt-ceiling myth

With days until default, a breakthrough? — All In

With days until default, a breakthrough?

Senate deal OK-- until it hits the House — The Ed Show

Senate deal OK-- until it hits the House

Palin, Cruz use veterans for their own agenda — The Ed Show

Palin, Cruz use veterans for their own agenda

Target Holds Job Fair To Hire Employees For New San Francisco Store

The GOP's strategy cost jobs

Ted Cruz — Hardball

The five craziest GOP shutdown claims

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