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Dems pull out all the stops to keep Obamacare subsidies fight alive after vote to reopen government

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced a long-shot plan to force the House of Representatives to vote on a three-year extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies.During a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, Jeffries said Democrats would submit a discharge petition that, if successful, would bring the subsidies to a vote in the chamber over the objection of GOP leadership, giving Democrats a way to continue pursuing their shutdown demands."The House Democratic position is going to be the House Democratic position," Jeffries said shortly after leaving the meeting. "We believe that the Ameri...

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