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• "The only thing standing between this Congress and an open government is Speaker Boehner's refusal to allow a vote on a clean continuing resolution," Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Friday.
• There seemed little chance of that. For one thing, flinching by either side on the shutdown might be seen as weakening one's hand in an even more important fight looming just over the horizon as the combatants in Washington increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a first-ever default.
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