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Tim Kaine: “We've got a path to at least find a fix on the ACA tax…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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'No path' to health care fix if government is closed: Sen. Kaine on why he voted yes

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

If you add up our federal employees and our contractors and their families, probably north of a million 800,000 Virginians on SNAP benefits, 3, 400,000 have health insurance on the exchange. We have now protected the SNAP recipients who are most vulnerable. And We've got a path to at least find a fix on the ACA tax credits. that we didn't have until we reopened government. So it's up to us to go make our case. It's up to Republicans now to grapple with whether they want to fix the health care needs of their constituents or not. (07:43–07:49)

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