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ashling

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Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:52 AM Oct 2013

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Calls On GOP Colleagues To End Shutdown: It's Time To 'Face Reality'




WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) broke ranks from many fellow Republicans Tuesday evening, calling on her party to give up hope of blocking Obamacare in the budget fight.

"Nothing positive will be achieved by prolonging this shutdown any longer, or crossing the debt limit threshold," Herrera Beutler said in a statement. "It’s time for my colleagues to face reality."
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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Calls On GOP Colleagues To End Shutdown: It's Time To 'Face Reality' (Original Post) ashling Oct 2013 OP
In a related story: Scores of GOP staffers... KansDem Oct 2013 #1

KansDem

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1. In a related story: Scores of GOP staffers...
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 05:51 AM
Oct 2013

...race off to look up "reality" in the dictionary.

[font size="1"]Not really, but it isn't all that difficult to imagine...[font size="2"]

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