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    Republicans Keep Up Pressure to Defund Obamacare

    Having removed the provision that defunded Obamacare, the Senate is expected to send the federal funding bill back to the House, where attention has shifted from shutting the government down next Tuesday to threatening default on paying the national debt. Manu Raju is senior congressional reporter for Politico .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Having removed the provision that defunded Obamacare, the Senate is expected to send the federal funding bill back to the House, where attention has shifted from shutting the government down next Tuesday to threatening default on paying the national debt. Manu Raju is senior congressional reporter for Politico.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is There a War on Food Stamps?
    1. 0:00Republicans Keep Up Pressure to Defund ObamacareYou’re reading this
    2. 8:06Despite Tough Times, Is There a War on Food Stamps?
    3. 42:48African Malls as a Symbol of the Consumer Class
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