While he supports D.C. home rule, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters on Tuesday that a shutdown of the federal government would have damaged the District of Columbia more than the ban on the use of D.C. taxpayer funds for abortion services.The agreement reached by Democrats and Republicans late Friday to keep the government running included a rider which banned the use of locally collected taxes being used to fund abortions. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and 40 other activists were arrested yesterday when they blocked Constitution Avenue to protest the limits the deal imposed on the city’s self-governance.
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