House Democrats at several points along the ideological spectrum are furious at their Senate colleagues for backing a funding bill to reopen the government without securing an extension to the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Centrist Democratic senators are set to vote with Republicans on a continuing resolution packaged with a three-bill appropriations minibus, but comments from one of the most politically vulnerable House incumbents and a contender for a swing-state Senate seat were among those calling the funding deal unveiled Sunday insufficient.
“I assume all of us that have been fighting to protect our constitutions from soaring healthcare costs ...