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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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D.C. mayor Gray confronts Reid on Capitol steps over shutdown’s impact on city

Evan Vucci/Associated Press - D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray speaks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a news conference on the ongoing budget battle Wednesday on Capitol Hill.



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By Mike DeBonis and Ed O’Keefe, Wednesday, October 9, 1:39 PM E-mail the writer

An unusual confrontation took place on the U.S. Capitol steps Wednesday when District Mayor Vincent C. Gray crashed a news conference held by Senate Democrats and asked Majority Leader Harry Reid to exempt the city from the ongoing shutdown.

“Sir, we are not a department of the government,” Gray told Reid moments after the mayor concluded his own press event about 50 yards from where Reid held one. “We’re simply trying to be able to spend our own money.”
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