Watch: Reid and Senate Dems challenge Boehner to end shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., spoke alongside Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., at a press conference Wednesday concerning the shutdown. The Democratic leadership challenged House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to put forth a bill to reopen the government.

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