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      Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is joined by fellow Democrats  Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., following the short term funding bill vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

      One crisis averted, on to the next. The day after Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown — again — Republicans and Democrats stared ahead Tuesday at major fights over spending that underscore a deep divide that's sure to define the fast-approaching national ele … More »Congress dodges one crisis, now on to the next

      FILE - In this June 21, 2011 file photo, David Axelrod speaks in Chicago. Axelrod, President Barack Obama's chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud looms over the American economy and Obama's political future, describing the president's road to a second term in the White House as "a Titanic struggle."  (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File)

      President Barack Obama's chief political adviser on Tuesday conceded that a dark cloud … More »Axelrod: Obama faces 'titanic struggle'

      A man works on a construction site in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Israel's government on Tuesday granted the final go-ahead for the construction of 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fueled by last week's Palestinian move to seek U.N. membership. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

      Israel's government on Tuesday granted the go-ahead for construction of 1,100 new housing … More »Israel approves 1,100 new homes in east Jerusalem

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