Republicans embrace hardball moves as shutdown enters Week 3

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on Democrats on multiple fronts as the government shutdown enters a third workweek, hoping the hardball moves can finally force a reckoning as U.S. troops face a first-ever missed paycheck. The GOP fear is that if the military pay deadline passes without action, there will be little to stop the shutdown from continuing for…