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Is the GOP Tearing Itself Apart over Obamacare?
Tea Party Republicans are challenging not just Obamacare but their own leaders on Capitol Hill. Can they shut down the government? Refuse to let Washington pay its bills?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenTea Party Republicans are making themselves heard with a challenge not just to Obamacare but to their own leaders on Capitol Hill. Can they shut down the government? Refuse to let Washington pay its bills? Will their own party take the blame if there's financial upheaval? Also, UN weapons inspectors present their report on Syria, and Larry Summers won't be a candidate to head the Federal Reserve. Why were Senate Democrats opposed? What's the message for their Party's future?
Banner image: Heritage Foundation billboard in Times Square reading, "Warning: Obamacare may be hazardous to your health," courtesy Heritage Foundation
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3 storiesUN Weapons Inspectors Present Their Report on Syria
For the first time, an internationally recognized team of experts has confirmed the use of chemical weapons. A United Nations team reports " clear and convincing evidence " that rockets containing the nerve agent Sarin were used against civilians, including children, in Damascus on August 21.
Read the story8 minIs the GOP Tearing Itself Apart over Obamacare?
Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about each other as if they belonged to opposing parties. It’s all about trying to stop Obamacare. Tea partiers, backed by well-funded conservative groups, say they’re willing to shut down the government or stop the US from paying its bills.
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Larry Summers was the President of Harvard, Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary and a top economic advisor to Barack Obama. He was once thought a shoe-in to replace Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve. But last Friday, Montana Senator Jon Tester became the fourth Democrat on the Banking Committee to indicate opposition to Summers.
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