GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 09/26/2013

GOP strategy may shift to fight over raising debt ceiling The Republican dominated U.S. House probably will not accept a clean spending bill from the Senate, Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Thursday.The resistance to accepting an unencumbered spending bill increases the chance of a federal government shutdown after Sept. 30, The Hill reported.

Panhandling lawsuit thrusts Portland into wider fray on free speech A lawsuit challenging Portland's new ban on panhandling in traffic medians has put the city on the front line of a legal debate over free-speech rights that is spreading around the country as a growing number of communities restrict when and where people can ask for money.

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What do you make of this? A potential mass shooting at a fast-food restaurant was averted Tuesday night when a would-be robber's gun malfunctioned as he pulled the trigger multiple times, police said.

Tattoos may be limited for soldiers Kelci Donahue says she has grown as a person during her five years in the Army. The tattoo on her left arm has grown as well, now reaching down to a vivid red rose and snake on the 24-year-old's left forearm.

$100M in federal tax dollars for Detroit? Obama administration officials could announce Friday in Detroit that more than $100 million in federal and private funds -- some new money, some previously announced -- will be made available for demolitions, policing and transportation, a person with knowledge of the officials' scheduled meeting with state and local leaders said Wednesday.

Is the FISA Court Constitutional? After President Richard Nixon left office in 1974, a bipartisan congressional investigation discovered many of his constitutional excesses. Foremost among them was the use of FBI and CIA agents to spy on Americans in violation of federal law and the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.