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Reid Warns of Government Shutdown Over Immigration

By Emma Dumain and Niels Lesniewski and JM Rieger

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that if a band of Republicans press for language blocking executive actions on immigration, they’re inviting a government shutdown. “They have every right to do whatever they want legislatively. If they want to be the lead team of shutting down the government, that’s what they’re going to have to do,” Reid said.

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