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Tourists React to Potential Government Shutdown

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If the government shuts down this weekend, many Washington, D.C., tourist hot spots such as the Smithsonian museums would close and the Cherry Blossom Parade would be canceled. Roll Call asked visitors to the nation’s capital whom they would blame for a shutdown and what it would mean for their weekend plans.

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