Some nonprofit organizations may be unable to pay employees while federal funding is frozen.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – “I’m also thinking about everybody else who’s going to pay the cost – literally – if hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans or people in North Dakota lose their health insurance,” said Sen. Tina Smith (D) of Minnesota.

Smith is part of the Democratic contingent currently trying to hash out an agreement with Republican legislators to get the federal government reopened.

She says her and her colleagues’ biggest sticking point is the GOP’s refusal to extend a tax credit on healthcare for the average American.

“In Moorhead, those health insurance premiums will go up next year, upwards of $200 a month, and people can’t afford that,” she explained.

The Republicans say it’s the De

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