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Is The White House About To Make A Historic Mistake?
President Barack Obama speaks to media, as House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, looks to him in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama speaks to media, as House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, looks to him in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

On Monday I wrote a piece saying we're headed for a government shutdown when this year's funding runs out on September 30. The piece hinged on three assumptions.

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