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(CNN) -- The Republican 2016 presidential field is starting to come into focus with potential contenders making notable moves this week.

Here's a breakdown of the latest headlines starting to shape the early race for the Republican nomination.

Portman is out

Pollsters can cross one name off their long list: Rob Portman. The Ohio Republican announced Tuesday he's running for re-election to his Senate seat.

Portman was vetted, but ultimately not picked, to be Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012, and he would have been the first pro-same sex marriage Republican presidential candidate if he ran this cycle.

He said as recently as two weeks ago that he was considering a presidential run, telling CNN's Erin McPike that he "probably (has) more experience than other people who are running or thinking about running."

Instead the senator will seek a second term in the Senate, where he thinks he can "play the most constructive role."

Bush is "thinking"

Jeb Bush reiterated that he's still considering a presidential run, revealing more details Monday about his decision-making process.

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Washington (CNN) -- House Republican leaders are aiming to delay a challenge to President Barack Obama's controversial immigration executive order until early next year in an effort to avoid a government shutdown next week, multiple House GOP members and aides told CNN.

Speaker John Boehner announced the strategy in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday, where it was largely well-received by rank and file GOP members, although some conservatives are pressing for changes, according to multiple sources. Many members say they are still reviewing the details.

At a news conference afterwards, Boehner said his members realize their hands are tied on the immigration issue until Republicans control both chambers of Congress in January.

"I think they understand that it's going to be difficult to take meaningful action as long as we got Democrat control of the Senate," Boehner said.

Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican in line to become the next Senate majority leader, reiterated his view that the GOP should stop threatening shutdowns.

"We need to quit that kind of rattling the economy," McConnell said Tuesday at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council.

The government will run out of money on Dec. 11 unless Congress acts. Last year's government shutdown was politically disastrous for Republicans and the party is trying to avoid a repeat just as they're on the cusp of retaking full control of Congress for the first time in nearly a decade.

READ: Poll: Americans predict more gridlock

The GOP plan discussed on Tuesday calls for the House to vote on legislation that would fund most of the government through September while only funding the Department of Homeland Security, which would carry out key parts of the executive orders, until just sometime in March. That would give Republicans time to pass legislation blocking the immigration orders.

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These people protesting illegal immigration now represent the majority of Republicans. (AP/Steven Senne)

New polling shows a major shift in public opinion following Obama's decision to delay deportations for some undocumented immigrants.

A year ago, Quinnipiac University polls show, Republican voters narrowly supported a path to citizenship overdeportation, by 43 percent to 38 percent. Now,support for a path to citizenship has evaporated among Republicans, declining to 27 percent. Fully 54 percent support deportation, while another 15 percent say that undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay but should not be allowed to become citizens.

Paul Waldman sees these polls as evidence that Republicans take theirposition from talking heads on television. When the right-wing media machine is firing on all cylinders, he writes, its audiences will believe anything.

At the same time, G.O.P.political strategists and conservative economists are probably also concerned about the Quinnipiac polls. The numbers show a party drifting towardan anti-immigration position that could harm the party'schances of winning the presidency.

It's too early to tell whether the shift toward deportations among Republicans is just a fluke that will disappearastempers cool, or something more fundamental, but the answer probably depends on the party's leaders.IfRepublican politicians want to make a case to their constituents for comprehensive immigration reform sometime soon, and if they're able to speak with more or less one voice on the issue, they'll still find a sympatheticaudience.

Correction:Tuesday'snewsletter misstated the amount oftimethat haspassedsinceRoe v. Wade.The Supreme Court's decision holding that women have a right to an abortion was 41, not 31, years ago. Thank you, @torrHL.

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