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Hakeem Jeffries: “They [House Republicans] have actually tried to repeal the…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on Bloomberg Open Interest

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

They've refused repeatedly to sit down and even try to find common ground, apparently because they really are uninterested in, in dealing with an extension in the Affordable Care act tax credits. Joe, as you know, this is the same group of people who They [House Republicans] have actually tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act more than 70 times over the last 15 years. So could we be in a world in which there's a health care bill that passes the Senate and dies in the House? (01:55–07:33)

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Asserts that House Republicans have attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act over 70 times in 15 years.

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