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While Speaker Boehner struggles to corral the extreme Tea Party wing of the GOP Conference and refuses to take the latest #GOPShutdown threat off the table, Texas Republican Senator and GOP Presidential Candidate Ted C

With 9 legislative days until Tea Party extremist Republicans shut down the government again, newspaper editorial boards across the country are urging Speaker Boehner and Congressional GOP Members to stop this insanity:

Miami Herald Editorial (Florida) – No to another government shutdown

As House Republicans lay the groundwork for another #GOPshutdown this morning with a hearing on their plans to defund Planned Parenthood, they may want to take a look at a couple of headlines:

Huffington Post – 28 Republican Men Threaten Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood

The GOP-led Congress is back and up to the same partisan political games. Today, 28 Republican men threatened to hold the Government hostage unless Speaker Boehner and the GOP leadership defund Planned Parenthood and the essential services they provide to millions of women across the country:

It’s been over two months since Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans shut down the job-creating Export-Import Bank’s charter...

A new Quinnipiac University poll released today has some news for Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans who are gearing up for another GOP shutdown of the government.  From

For the American people, this is nothing new: yet again, dysfunctional Congressional Republicans are gearing up to cost our country jobs.

The Rockford Register Star of Illinois yesterday reported that House Republican Deputy Whip Adam Kinzinger paid lip service on Ex-Im Bank in front of a crowd of U.S. manufacturers: