Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill need to find their way to common ground in the shutdown fight that’s paralyzed the federal government.

But there’s one place the GOP shouldn’t compromise, former Vice President Mike Pence said during a stop in Boston on Wednesday.

“I hope Republicans will stand firm on issues like the Obamacare subsidy that was added during the pandemic, [and] set to lapse later this year,“ the Indiana Republican said after a panel discussion on civility in politics at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Dorchester.

“I think Republicans should protect taxpayers on that issue,” Pence, who was President Donald Trump’s second-in-command during his first term, continued.

Congressional Democrats have made continuing and expanding tax cred

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