BET Wire: Final Shutdown Edition (For Now)
Plus, Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate race.
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In Case You Missed It - Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell made a bipartisan deal to reopen government and avert financial disaster; Americans disapprove of Republicans', Democrats' and President Obama's handling of budget negotiations – and more. – By Joyce Jones (Photo: BET)
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The Government Is Now Open for Business - Congressional lawmakers on Oct. 16 passed legislation to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling. The Senate voted 81-18 in favor of the measure, while the House supported it by a vote of 285-144. Government employees were instructed to return to work the next day. (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A Change of Heart - The Houston Chronicle editorial board in a piece titled "Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchinson," expressed remorse for its endorsement of Sen. Ted Cruz over the incumbent senator in their race last year. "Cruz has been part of the problem in specific situations where Hutchison would have been part of the solution,” the board wrote. (Photos from left: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Brandon Wade/Getty Images)
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Say What? - Protesters at a Tea Party rally held at two national memorials in Washington, D.C., carrying Confederate flags lashed out at Obama and called for his impeachment. Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch called on the president to "put the Quran down" and "get up off his knees" and leave the White House "with his hands up." (Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
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No Winners - In a new ABC News/Washington Post survey, 74 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the way congressional Republicans have handled budget negotiations. In addition, 61 percent disapproved of Democrats and 53 percent said the same of Obama. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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The Trouble With Boehner - In an interview with WABC-TV, Obama suggested that negotiating with House Speaker John Boehner is often pointless because of the "extreme faction in his [Republican] caucus." According to the president, they've repeatedly reached agreement on issues, but then Boehner “goes back and it turns out that he can't control his caucus." (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Chopped - North Carolina ordered the suspension of November applications for welfare benefits until the federal shutdown is resolved. The state's welfare program, Work First, is funded entirely by the federal government and recipients must reapply each month, Reuters reports.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Lining Up - As Cory Booker prepares for his ascension to the U.S. Senate, who will be Newark's next mayor? Hopefuls include activist and city council member Ras Baraka and council member Anabal Ramos, who would become the city's first Latino mayor.(Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
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A Holy War? - Four Harlem-based clergymen are reportedly attempting to knock Al Sharpton, preacher cum activist cum MSNBC host, off of his "political throne," according to the New York Daily News. One pastor told the newspaper that while Sharpton is “jet-setting around the country, people are going to our churches saying they don’t have money to eat. People need somebody to fight for them.”(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)