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NPR News 2013-09-30

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein.

On Capitol Hill this evening, House Republicans are pushing for a change to the Senate-passed stopgap spending bill. The amendment would delay the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare for one year. Texas Republican Pete Sessions made the appeal today on the House floor.

“Plain and simple, the Republican Party is here today because we’re opposed to Obamacare and the big government that comes behind it. We’re opposed to what it is doing not just to the American people and our economy, but taking freedom away from people and making us more rely upon the federal government.”

The House is expected to vote on the amendment later this evening. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, if lawmakers do approve the change to the short-term budget bill, it's less likely the government will be funded beyond Monday.

This is becoming a game of hot potato, and the House is planning to pass something that the Senate has already said they absolutely can't stand. The Senate is going to strip it out and send it back, and once it gets back to the House, there will be pressures few hours before a government shutdown.

NPR's Tamara Keith.

An investigation into the Arizona wildfire that killed 19 elite firefighters in June concludes communications between the crew and supervisors failed. But as NPR's Ted Robbins reports, the findings do not place blame or explain why the Granite Mountain Hotshots were in such a vulnerable position.

The report by a team of experienced firefighters tries to explain what happened on the Yarnell Hill Fire June 30th. It says the Granite Mountain Hotshots left a safe spot and tried to reach another safe spot--a ranch house by descending into a valley where flames overtook them. The report says it will never know why the men moved. There was a gap in radio and cellphone transmission for the last half hour of their lives. The report calls for better communication--maybe putting GPS units on firefighters to transmit their locations. The report's authors briefed family members before releasing their findings online. Ted Robbins, NPR News, Prescott, Arizona.

The Greek government is escalating a crackdown on the neo-fascist Golden Dawn party. Greek counter-terrorism police today arrested the party's leader and several of its parliamentary members. The detainees are charged with murder, money laundering and blackmail.

Italy's coalition government is in crisis. The former Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta. A parliamentary majority will have to be formed to back a new cabinet to avoid new elections. Political jockeying has prevented Letta and his government from pushing through important economic reforms. Italy is the eurozone’s third largest economy. This is NPR.

In Pakistan today, another major earthquake has struck the southwestern Baluchistan province. The US Geological Survey says the temblor measured a magnitude 6.8. A 7.7-magnitude quake rocked the same region Tuesday. Pakistani officials say at least 515 people have died. Villages are leveled, houses collapsed and there are fears many people remain buried in the rubble.

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Mazda is recalling more than 161,000 cars because the doors can open while the vehicles are moving. The recall covers Mazda's six cars from model years 2009 through 2013. The company says the door latch mounting screws can get loose and keep the doors from latching. The recall starts next month.

I'm Barbara Klein, NPR News in Washington.