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There's a baby boom in D.C.!

By Lisa Crivelli, Hardball with Chris Matthews

The government shutdown caused chaos in Washington, D.C., but it may have caused something else: a baby boom!

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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

Jesse Jackson: Shutdown painful for everyone — The Ed Show

Jesse Jackson: Shutdown painful for everyone

GOP sticks to Obamacare scare tactics — The Ed Show

GOP sticks to Obamacare scare tactics

U.S. Sen. John McCain speaks to members of the media, September 24, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Poll: Should Congress be ashamed?

Congress works to fix shameful shutdown... — Andrea Mitchell

Congress works to fix shameful shutdown...

Foundation offers to pay military benefits — Andrea Mitchell

Foundation offers to pay military benefits

Jacobs: Military benefits lapse 'outrageous' — Andrea Mitchell

Jacobs: Military benefits lapse 'outrageous'

Thomas Roberts

Enough is enough, pleads Senate chaplain

House Democrats rally behind Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. — The Cycle

It's not about health care

Potential donors listen as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attends a fundraiser

GOP donors balk at shutdown strategy

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Treasury: Default would be 'catastrophic'

Widow left without benefits due to shutdown — Jansing & Co.

Widow left without benefits due to shutdown

‘Who can Obama negotiate with?’ — Daily Rundown

‘Who can Obama negotiate with?’

Shutdown hurt continues outside the beltway — Jansing & Co.

Shutdown hurt continues outside the beltway

Customers at a Starbucks in Miami

Starbucks enters political fray

House GOP needs to clarify deal — Daily Rundown

House GOP needs to clarify deal

Rep. Dent says he'll vote for a 'clean' C.R. — Daily Rundown

Rep. Dent says he'll vote for a 'clean' C.R.

Ryan kick starts debate on tax reform — Daily Rundown

Ryan kick starts debate on tax reform

Shutdown flashback: What’s changed since ’95? — Morning Joe

Shutdown flashback: What’s changed since ’95?

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talks to reporters as he rides an escalator at the U.S. Capitol, October 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. — The Last Word

John McCain: ‘I’m ashamed'

Protestors holds signs against the government shutdown on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 in Washington.

Congress less popular than dog poop

Ted Cruz — Morning Joe

Brzezinski: Sen. Cruz doesn’t love America

Sen. Ted Cruz — Morning Joe

Robert Gibbs: Cruz is the 'Honey Boo Boo'...

Boehner arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington — Morning Joe

Axelrod: Boehner has to ‘take the whip to...

Rachel Maddow

TRMS clean continuing resolution whip...

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