After details of the U.S. Senate’s deal to end the lengthiest government shutdown began to emerge, many House Democrats were incensed to find it did not include an immediate fix for health care subsidies set to expire at the end of this year.

And that includes ones who represent Orange County.

Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., have been at loggerheads over how to end the shutdown, which has disrupted federal assistance programs and services and is the longest in history. But Sunday night, eight Democratic senators broke with their party and agreed to a bipartisan deal to re-open the government, one that provides funding for SNAP food aid and backpay for furloughed federal workers.

Yet, the compromise did not include an immediate resolution to the Affordable Care Act health

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