Mike Lawler: “There's a bill that is out there to extend the government…”

“You need 60 votes in the Senate to pass a continuing resolution for government funding, and they have chosen to block it. They're claiming it's about health care. And as I pointed out to Leader Jeffries earlier this week, There's a bill that is out there to extend the government subsidies for the Affordable Care act by one year. And I and a number of my colleagues have signed on to it. And he could easily join us in that effort if he's serious about trying to address the short term concern of healthcare spiking, premiums spiking, but he refused.” (01:53–02:03)

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