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The top House Democrat signaled that his party is readying to blame Republicans as the threat of a government shutdown grows larger by the day.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., held a news conference on Wednesday where he said Democrats were "ready to get to work, ready to meet with anyone, any time, any place in order to avoid a painful Republican-caused government shutdown."

At the same time, he restated that Democrats would not accept a GOP-led plan to keep the government funded at roughly current levels through Nov. 21, dismissing the measure as a "partisan exercise."

"Republicans have clearly demonstrated they want to shut the government down throughout this process," Jeffries said. "An intentional deci

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