Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says that Democratic senators who voted to advance a government funding bill Sunday are “going to have to explain themselves.”

Watch Jeffries’ news conference in our video player above.

“But the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats continue to remain in the area fighting to fix our a broken health care system,” Jeffries said.

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He is speaking to reporters as Congress inches closer to approving a bill that would reopen the federal government after a shutdown that has lasted nearly six weeks.

Democrats had been insisting the bill include an extension of enhanced tax credits that makes health insurance coverage more affordable, but th

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