A U.S. Senate candidate from Texas is putting Senate Democrats on notice after siding with Republicans to end the government shutdown.

Democrat Colin Allred, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives currently running in hopes of ousting Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, called out Democrats during a campaign event in Dallas on Monday, Nov. 10.

His comments came after a handful of Democrats voted with Republicans on a bill to end the current government shutdown that did not include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, an issue at the heart of the stalemate for the last 40 days. Republicans have insisted they will take a separate vote on health care subsidies, though such assurances are far from guaranteed.

Democrats had vowed to hold out until Republicans agreed to

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