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Members of Congress get the TMZ treatment amid a partial government shutdown

After TMZ published photos of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at Disney World and Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia at a Las Vegas casino, both lawmakers pointed the finger at the opposite party. Will the celebrity news sites' effort to shame lawmakers into breaking the deadlock shutting down the Department of Homeland Security work? The Inside Politics panel breaks it down.

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