A Democratic congressional candidate has criticized the shutdown-ending deal—without mentioning that her own lawmaker mother supported moving it forward.

Stefany Shaheen, who is running in New Hampshire’s 1st District, denounced Sunday’s 60–40 Senate vote to advance a plan that reopens government through late January while delaying a vote to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits.

On X, Shaheen posted a campaign-branded statement that read: “Improving health care has been the cause of my life… I cannot support this deal when Speaker Johnson refuses to even allow a vote to extend health care tax credits.”

But in a somewhat awkward turn of events, it transpired that her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, 78, had been among the eight Democrats who crossed the aisle to move the package.

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