Virginia Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans has staked a moderate position on health care, leading a dozen GOP colleagues on an Oct. 21 letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to find a path toward extending expiring health care tax credits once the government reopens. The credits, which expire on Dec. 31, are at the center of the government shutdown: Democrats are demanding they be extended before they vote to reopen the government, while Republicans are refusing to negotiate until the government reopens. Kiggans is the lead sponsor of a bipartisan bill that would extend the enhanced credits for one year without any changes to their structure.

Getting to Congress: After earning a degree in international relations from Boston University in 1993, Kiggans went to the U.S. Navy and spent

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