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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on CNN's Inside Politics with Dana Bash

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

They're not interested in extending the Affordable Care act tax credits. Even though earlier this year, as part of their one big ugly bill, they Republicans enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history and at the time, permanent tax breaks for their billionaire donors. That's unbelievable. And now they're not even willing to consider even a modest extension of the Affordable Care act tax credits for working class Americans. That's their priorities. But that's. (04:04–04:16)

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Asserts that Republicans made the largest Medicaid cut in history and gave permanent tax breaks to billionaires.

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