Why not take that offer vote to reopen the government and then hold a vote on extending the Obamacare subsidies? Here's the reason, Kristen, and there's really two issues at stake. And the first is Everybody's health care is going to go sky high between now and the end of the year because of the reconciliation bill cuts that Republicans made to tax credits and to Medicaid. And we're trying to stop that from happening. Offering a vote in the Senate without a commitment that it would pass without a commitment that the House would even take it up is an empty offer. (01:47–01:59)
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