Democratic requests to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and restore health care spending as part of a deal to end the federal government shutdown are “absurd,” according to U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo.

Instead, he said Democrats need to vote to approve a Republican continuing resolution to reopen the government on a short-term basis before negotiations on health care spending take place. ×

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