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Hakeem Jeffries: “The one that we've introduced is House Democrats, has 214…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 07:17

And if Congress doesn't act, it's the Republicans fault who have, you know, failed to protect the health care of the American people. So we've got multiple discharge petitions. Now, The one that we've introduced is House Democrats, has 214 signatures. All we need are four House Republicans to join us. Just four. There are 220 of them. And we can make sure that we protect the health care of everyday Americans by not allowing Affordable Care act tax credits to expire. (07:17–07:26)

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Asserts that the House Democrats' discharge petition has 214 signatures and needs four more from Republicans.

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