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Family rift: Top Democrat's own daughter publicly opposes her on shutdown deal

The Senate deal to end the longest federal government shutdown in the nation's history is not only dividing Democrats, it's also causing a split in one well-known political family.Democratic congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen, who's running in a crowded primary for a Democrat-controlled open House seat in swing state New Hampshire, says she "cannot support" the agreement, which was brokered in part by her mother, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.The elder Shaheen, a former governor who is retiring next year rather than seek re-election to a fourth six-year term in the Senate, was one of sev

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