Healthcare at Center of Government Shutdown Fight—and Democrats Insist They Won’t Blink

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The last time Congress faced a deadline to extend government funding, Senate Democrats flinched, giving Republicans the votes needed to avert a government shutdown without extracting any concessions. The move angered much of the Democratic base, who had been calling for their party's leaders to aggressively fight the Trump Administration’s reshaping of the federal government. Now, with another funding deadline less than four weeks away, Democrats in Congress say they are prepared to fight back