CLEVELAND — As the nation's second-longest Federal government shutdown continues into its fourth week, local Democratic leaders gathered in Cleveland on Wednesday with health care advocates to express their concerns over cuts at the center of the standoff. Democrats want Republicans to restore health care cuts, including the restoration of the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, before they'll support reopening the government.

"The Trump Administration is creating a health care crisis in Northeast Ohio," said Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH). "Cuts to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid are a one-two punch that is going to punish everyday people."

The non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation, which researches U.S. and global health policy, estimates that more than half a million Ohioans benefit from th

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