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Few can say they've ever spent the day in a duck blind with @billclinton. #tbt #throwbackthursday pic.twitter.com/uoAFtCbbny— John Dingell (@john_dingell) September 26, 2013…

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TXGov #Breaking: Wendy Davis has begun informing influential Democrats that she intends to run for governor in 2014. http://t.co/5X6GMYqbaF— POLITICO (@politico) September 26, 2013…

"Defaulting on any obligation of the U.S. government would be a dangerous gamble. In a very uncertain world, the one thing everyone has been able to count on is that the U.S. government will pay its bills on…

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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Heads up, House Speaker John Boehner. The Senate on Wednesday edged closer to approving a temporary spending measure to keep the government running past Sept. 30 that would also preserve funding for President Barack…