Cheat Sheet - Shutdown? Congress Still Gets Paid

Today: Shutdown Could Cost $200M a Day , Leaked Qaeda Plot Rocks U.S. Intel , Popes Will Be Saints April 2014 September 30, 2013 NO, SERIOUSLY 1. Shutdown? Congress Still Gets Paid Shutdown or no shutdown, members of Congress aren't worried about their own finances this week. The Daily Beast's Patricia Murphy on how the 27th Amendment protects the salaries of the House and Senate. Plus, former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau says the House GOP hostage takers are unfit to govern, and Michael Tomasky says Republicans are not just hostage takers, they're terrorists. Read it at The Daily Beast INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2. Shutdown Could Cost $200M a Day This is just what the economy needs. The shutdown could cost the Washington area up to $200 million a day—and that's not even counting the losses when all the tourist sites are closed, local economists said Sunday. More than 700,000 jobs in the Beltway are likely to be affected, coming just months after 26,500 jobs were affected by the sequester in August. "This is serious," said economist Stephen Fuller. "For the Washington area, this is a tsunami." In addition to the government contracts directly affected and national tourist sites shut down, federal agencies such as Social Security will not be able to process any new applications and basic agencies for the city, like trash collection, will be halted. Asian markets already took a hit Monday on fears of the shutdown. Read it at The Washington Post INVESTIGATION 3. Leaked Qaeda Plot Rocks U.S. Intel An al Qaeda plot that was leaked to the media caused more damage to U.S. counterterrorism efforts than Edward Snowden's revelations, according to Monday's New York Times. Counterterrorism agents have been scrambling to recover since reports in August that the U.S. had intercepted messages between two high-ranking al Qaeda members and leaked details of an upcoming terror plot. Although many intelligence officials had feared that leaks by Snowden about the NSA's surveillance gathering would hamper counterterrorism efforts, al Qaeda officials mainly discussed that case via their same communication channels. Read it at The New York Times HOLY 4. Popes Will Be Saints April 2014 Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be declared saints in April 2014, Pope Francis announced on Monday. Pope Francis announced the very popular Pope John Paul II would be sainted in July, after attributing a second miracle to the Polish-born pontiff who led the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. Pope John XXIII was pontiff from 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Vatican Council, the movement that transformed the church. The double canonization will be the first in history—and two living popes will be present, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict. Read it at BBC News THIS IS THE END 5. 'Breaking Bad's' Perfect Finale The series finale to AMC's Breaking Bad, titled "Felina," was the perfect cherry on top of a classic TV show, writes The Daily Beast's Andrew Romano. Plus, Marlow Stern breaks down celebrities' reactions. Read it at The Daily Beast GEARING UP North Carolina Voter-ID Law Challenged Justice Dept. to file lawsuit. ONWARD Prop 8 Legal Team Heads to Virginia To fight that state's same-sex marriage ban. DANGER Vietnam Prepares for Typhoon Seventy-four missing in China. DARK ANGEL Amanda Knox Retrial Opens She's not expected to return. ANIMATED DOMINANCE 'Cloudy 2' Wins Weekend Box Office Film made $35 million. WONDERWALL Kim Kardashian Debuts Her Post-Baby Curves at Paris Fashion Week CNBC The 10 Poorest States in America ROLLING STONE Looting the Pension Funds: How Wall Street Robs Public Workers GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Al-Shabab's Osama by Jamie Dettmer VA Pushing Opiates to Vets Fergie: Andrew Will 'Always Be My Prince' by Tom Sykes

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