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Government Shutdown Day 8:The Senate rejected the House’s third short-term government funding deal on Monday / US News

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Senate Democrats will put forward a measure to raise the federal debt ceiling, trying to break a political impasse that could lead the US to default on its debt.

The government shutdown was an eventuality prepared for months ahead of time by opponents of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, according to a report by the New York Times, which provides a clearer picture of events leading up to the shutdown.

Citing the involvement by a collection of groups including the Tea Party Patriots, Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and others aimed at young adults such as Generation Opportunity and Young Americans for Liberty, the investigation points to long-term financial backing of efforts to block implementation of Obamacare, with one of the largest benefactors being the billionaire Koch Brothers via the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce.

According to the New York Times a meeting earlier this year gathered an assortment of conservatives to produce a “blueprint to defunding Obamacare.” Also cited is a defunding “tool kit” circulated in early September which included talking points on the question “What happens when you shut down the government and you are blamed for it?” with the  suggested answer being “we are simply calling to fund the entire government except for the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare.”

A February memo posted by FreedomWorks on behalf of the Movement by the Conservative Action Project states that “conservatives should not approve a CR unless it defunds Obamacare.  This includes Obamacare’s unworkable exchanges, unsustainable Medicaid expansion, and attack on life and religious liberty.”

The majority leader in the upper house, Harry Reid, could unveil the stand-alone measure to raise the debt ceiling as early as today, setting the table for a vote later in the week.

The measure is expected to provide enough borrowing room to last beyond the 2014 election, which means it likely will permit $1trn (£622bn) or more in new borrowing above the current $16.7trn (£10.39trn) debt ceiling.

The Administration says the current ceiling will be hit on October 17.

It is not clear whether Mr Reid’s gambit will work. Republicans, who control the House, are expected to oppose the measure if it does not contain budget cuts to make a dent in deficits.

But some Democrats are betting that a bipartisan majority on a “clean” debt-limit increase exists.

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