But with the COVID era enhanced, Obamacare credit set to expire according to a timetable set by Democrats as no Republican voted for it in the first place. Instead of working through the regular order to come up with a bipartisan solution, Senate Democrats have chosen to play hardball. They shut down the government, denying paychecks to millions of Americans in an attempt to beat Republicans into accepting their terms unilaterally. This is simply not the way the Senate is supposed to work. The Senate's use of a government shutdown as a tactic to get what they wanted to extend this failed policy in Obamacare is a shameful tactic. (14:22–14:37)
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Asserts that Senate Democrats shut down the government to force Republicans to accept their terms.
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