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11-13-2014, 11:42 PM
Article here (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/13/mcconnell-no-govt-shutdown-block-obama-immigration).

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House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that Republicans could use a spending bill to block President Obama's planned executive action to grant work permits to illegal immigrants, but his Senate counterpart ruled out a government shutdown over it, canceling the one major piece of leverage the GOP has in the fight.

"We'll not be shutting the government down or threatening to default on the national debt," Sen. Mitch McConnell, the incoming majority leader, told reporters after meeting with his GOP colleagues, flatly ruling out an all-or-nothing showdown over Mr. Obama's plans.