Netanyahu: Israel Won't Allow Iran To Get Nuclear Bomb

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Tehran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, and only a combination of tough sanctions and credible military threat could peacefully prevent it from achieving its goal.

http://www.rferl.org/content/israel-netanyahu-iran-nuclear/25123760.html

Congress Should End Big Labor's Shell Game | Commentary

Several members of Congress have recently begun to shine a spotlight on an elaborate shell game - Big Labor's deliberate avoidance of labor laws by leveraging non-profit community organizations, or so-called worker centers.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress_should_end_big_labors_shell_game_commentary-228050-1.html

Nominee for energy regulatory post withdraws

President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation.

http://www.krdo.com/news/nominee-for-energy-regulatory-post-withdraws/-/417220/22216212/-/ad54kk/-/index.html

Global Markets-Stocks rise after U.S. shutdown; gold, Treasuries tumble

Stock markets worldwide climbed on Tuesday while safe-haven gold and Treasury bonds fell as investors largely shrugged off the first partial shutdown of the U.S. government in 17 years on bets that it would be short-lived.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/markets-global-idUSL1N0HR1U420131001?feedType=RSS&feedName=usDollarRpt

Veterans break past WWII Memorial barricade

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http://www.kcci.com/news/politics/Veterans-break-past-World-War-II-Memorial-barricade/-/9356970/22212214/-/11jt8yw/-/index.html?absolute=true

Insurance markets open to surge of new customers, glitches

Wendy Jackson, left, and others with Independence Blue Cross mark the opening health insurance exchange by providing information on health car reform at Suburban Station Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57605498/insurance-markets-open-to-surge-of-new-customers-glitches/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsGamecore+%28GameCore%3A+CBSnews.com%29

House Republicans plan votes on three budget bills

House Republicans are planning to vote Tuesday on bills to fund three federal government agencies, following the first shutdown in 17 years.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-republicans-plan-votes-on-three-budget-bills-2013-10-01?siteid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20marketwatch%2Fmarketpulse%20(MarketWatch.com%20-%20MarketPulse)

President: Republicans Holding Economy Hostage

President Barack Obama says House Republicans have shut down the federal government over an "ideological crusade" against his health care law.

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/WATCH-LIVE-President-To-Discuss-Government-Shutdown-225990101.html

Senators offer plan to save cash-strapped USPS

Saturday and door-to-door mail delivery would be phased out and the Postal Service could start shipping alcoholic beverages under a plan by two key senators seeking to turn around the struggling agency's finances.

http://www.kivitv.com/news/local/Senators-offer-plan-to-save-cash-strapped-USPS-218144151.html

UK charges 6 with multimillion dollar carbon fraud

Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama's insurance overhaul have been largely silent on a day when consumers are beginning to peruse newly launched federal online health exchanges.

http://www.wate.com/story/23580931/uk-charges-6-with-multimillion-dollar-carbon-fraud

It's Binz nice knowin' ya: Obama energy nominee bows out

President Obama's pick for the nation's top utilities regulator is out of the running after a bipartisan Senate coalition raised concerns that he was anti-coal.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/01/obama-energy-nominee-bows-out/

Republicansa not-so-brief case of delusion: Dana Milbank

As I waited outside a meeting of the House Republican Caucus in the Capitol basement Monday afternoon, I put down my briefcase next to a flowerpot and walked around the corner to catch lawmakers as they exited.

http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20131001/republicans-not-so-brief-case-of-delusion-dana-milbank

Will GOP-aligned groups step up?

I think it's generally true that GOP-aligned groups, whether they are in it for economic interest or other substantive concerns, have treated GOP brinksmanship with a kind of detached bemusement.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/10/01/will-gop-aligned-groups-step-up/

Insurance markets open to surge of new customers

In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Laura Leon, project director for the navigator program at Sinai Community Institute of Chicago, speaks at a gathering of individuals seeking information on the new national health overhaul law that takes effect Oct. 1, 2013.

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/ap/ap/financial-services/health-insurance-markets-open-success-to-be-seen/nbB8K/

Inhofe blames Democrats, Obama for shutdown

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is blaming President Barack Obama and Democrats over the budget impasse that led to Tuesday's partial government shutdown.

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Inhofe-blames-Democrats-Obama-for-shutdown/O2wa8PH8lkyUC_LbpOmK1w.cspx

Government Shutdown

It's official. As of this morning, the federal government has shut down for the first time in 17 years.

http://www.myhighplains.com:80/story/government-shutdown/d/story/F-oZB_s4rUeZbts6A_Tm8g

Some members of Wash. delegation to forgo pay

Reps. Derek Kilmer and Suzan DelBene, both Democrats, and Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, have all confirmed that they will forgo their salary for the duration of the shutdown.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/10/01/3236143/some-members-of-wash-delegation.html

Clinton to speak about Bosnia, CIA releases docs

Gaining support for U.S. intervention in Bosnia two decades ago wasn't an easy sell for President Bill Clinton, even with some of his closest advisers, before he was backed by NATO and its airstrikes helped end ethnic killings in the region, according to newly released documents.

http://www.eveningsun.com/nation-world/ci_24214745/clinton-speak-about-bosnia-cia-releases-docs

Cornyn: Time for President Obama to Overrule Harry Reid

U.S. Senator John Cornyn criticized President Obama and Senate Democrats on the Senate floor today for choosing to let the government shut down for political purposes, when Congress has the ability to act on Obamacare and keep the government open.

http://www.myhighplains.com:80/story/cornyn-time-for-president-obama-to-overrule-harry-reid/d/story/vBG4izCFWE-ZZcj9JkPrqA

Obama hits GOP 'ideological crusade' in shutdown

Obama: Republicans holding U.S. economy hostage: President Obama said Tuesday that the House Republicans don't get to hold the U.S. economy hostage based on ideological demands.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/viewart/20131001/NEWS01/131001014/Obama-hits-GOP-ideological-crusade-shutdown-

Obama on government shutdown: It's 'an ideological crusade...

Congress hung "Closed" signs on a big swath of the government Tuesday and sent home 800,000 workers in what President Barack Obama labeled an "ideological crusade" by the GOP.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/10/obama_on_government_shutdown_i.html

Markets rise even as US government shutdown starts

Investors stayed calm on the first day of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government Tuesday and sent the stock market modestly higher.

http://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Markets-rise-even-as-US-government-shutdown-starts-4859621.php

GOP states offer little help on buying insurance

On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama 's insurance overhaul have been largely silent.

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/ap/ap/us/gop-states-offer-little-help-on-buying-insurance/nbCQy/

321 AAFB civilian employees furloughed until further notice

For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown early this morning after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused.

http://www.altustimes.com/news/home_top/2595638/321-AAFB-civilian-employees-furloughed-until-further-notice

Nominee for energy regulatory post withdraws

This undated handout photo provided by Ron Binz shows Binz. Binz, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/energy/article/Nominee-for-energy-regulatory-post-withdraws-4859292.php

Wait and See on Impact of Federal Shutdown

The impact of the federal shutdown on local communities such as Barrington seems like much ado about nothing today, even though people are talking about it.

http://barrington.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/wait-and-see-on-impact-of-federal-shutdown

Hot Topics

It wasn't exactly D-Day, but a group of elderly veteran's "stormed" the World War II Memorial in defiance of armed police enforcing the government shutdown.

http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/hottopics/2013/10/01/elderly-vets-storm-wwii-memorial-in-defiance-of-shutdown/

The Public's Pox on Washington Deepens

For those looking for an agreement that would genuinely "give the American people what they want," it was painfully easy to turn off the news and tuck in early Monday night.

http://blogs.rollcall.com/hawkings/the-publics-pox-on-washington-deepens/

HOH: Tea Party Really Bugs Lloyd Doggett

"Like those periodic cicadas that trouble different parts of the country - an irresponsible segment of the Republican House Caucus has reverted to the old GOP shenanigan of a government shutdown," Texas Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, urging House colleagues to squash agitators from the far right.

http://hoh.rollcall.com/tea-party-really-bugs-lloyd-doggett/

Wrong Again Luke Messer

I read with great interest last week U.S. Representative Luke Messer's letter to the Editor calling on us to abandon President Obama's policies.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/30/1242621/-Wrong-Again-Luke-Messer