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Hakeem Jeffries: “House Democrats have launched a discharge petition to try to…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

Meanwhile, unfortunately in the House, my Republican colleagues have shown zero interest in doing anything related to the ticking time bomb of the Affordable Care act tax credits expiring. House Democrats have launched a discharge petition to try to compel an up or down vote on a straight three year extension. so we can provide working class Americans with the same level of certainty that my Republican colleagues provided their billionaire donors when passing the one big ugly bill. (01:13–01:22)

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Asserts that House Democrats initiated a discharge petition for a three-year ACA extension vote.

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