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public more inclined to blame Republicans.
• "People are so tired of this," President Barack Obama said Tuesday in an interview with Los Angeles TV station KMEX.
• Feeding concerns were a warning Tuesday from the Fitch credit rating agency that due to the budget impasse it was reviewing its AAA rating on U.S. government debt for possible downgrade. Stock markets gave negative reviews as well, with the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index both dropping Tuesday by nearly 1 percent.
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