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Peter Welch: “There was never an engaged discussion about how to extend…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senate Democrats Introduce Three-Year Extension of Health Care Subsidies

Published | Video Starts at 21:37

They couldn't propose something that was concrete, where they could say, we've got four votes or five votes or six votes. So it was aspirational discussion, but it never got concrete. So what really was. The reality is that There was never an engaged discussion about how to extend these tax credits with specifics offered. plain and simple. Yes. All this together in two questions. Why not ask for that kind of meeting now, as you're saying the clock is ticking and then two. (21:37–21:45)

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