Citations for Thursday's show are listed after the jump.
House, Senate Republicans offer competing plans on debt-limit, government shutdown
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No Quick Deal, but Offer by G.O.P. on Debt Shifts the Tone
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey - October 7-9, 2013 (pdf)
Gallup: support for Republicans plummets
In remote field, North Dakota oil boom suffers first big spill
U.S. energy commission to keep lights on during gov't shutdown
Energy industry beginning to feel shutdown's bite
Operations During a Lapse in Annual Appropriations Plans by Operating Administration (pdf)
About 7,000 Preschool Children Nationwide Were Forced Out Of Classrooms
Shutdown Suspends Death Benefits to Families of U.S. Soldiers Killed in Combat
County In Utah Threatens Takeover Of National Park Areas
Brown Says He Was Invited To Testify At Duma By Activists Working With World Congress Of Families
NOM's Brown Traveled to Russia to Support Bill That Would Deny Adoption to "Abnormal" Gay Parents
The Facts on LGBT Rights in Russia
The State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children
National Organization for Marriage president speaks to Russian legislators
Globalizing Homophobia, Part 2: 'Today the Whole World Is Looking At Russia'
US Gay Marriage Foe Targeted Over Russia Trip
Russia To Debate Taking Children Away From Gay Parents
Sen. Marco Rubio lends voice to conservative advocacy robocalls against gay marriage