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Democrats have attributed the shutdown to Republicans' refusal to negotiate on healthcare. Republicans argue that Democrats are pushing for healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants—a claim that U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) has refuted.

"It's not true, none of the things that we are talking about whether it's the ACA tax credit or Medicaid/Medicare—undocumented immigrants today cannot access those programs," Murray said. "This is a red herring they are trying to throw out, that they always use—undocumented immigrants—on everything they want to scare everybody about, not true."

5th District Congressman Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) addressed the situation during a virtual press conference. He stated that Democrats are succumbing to pressure from what he described as the

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