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By Thomas McKinless

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Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday the Senate needs to make the Puerto Rican debt crisis a top priority. “[Speaker Ryan] has told me that he wanted to get something done on this soon,” Reid said. “But soon is here. This is something that needs to get done.”

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