White House: GOP Shutdown Threat Is All About Protecting 'Big Polluters'

"If Republicans want to repeat their government shutdown play to protect the profits of big polluters, they're placing a pretty risky bet," a White House official, who wasn't authorized to discuss the matter on the record, told TPM.

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