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House Speaker John Boehner said Monday that he didn't want a government shutdown, but added the health care law "is having a devastating impact. ... Something has to be done." Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images If you had better…

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Photo by Flickr user khawkins04 WASHINGTON -- OK, gridlocked politicians we're used to. But why padlock the Statue of Liberty? You don't see other democracies shuttering landmarks and sending civil servants home just because their political parties can't…

Catheryn Carroll of Washington, D.C. berates House Republicans at a Sunday press conference (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Tick, tock. Congress careened toward a shutdown Monday, with lawmakers running out of time and options to keep the government from…