MILWAUKEE — A vote by Congress is expected to help bring to an end the longest government shutdown in US history, but Democrats continue their efforts to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act insurance tax credits before they expire.

TMJ4 is following these developments with Wisconsin's delegation as the political battle over healthcare subsidies intensifies.

At a news conference on Wednesday with Senator Tammy Baldwin, Nancy Peske shared how her monthly insurance cost on the ACA will jump from $370 to more than $1,100 if the enhanced tax credits expire at the end of the year. Peske says she will have to dip into her savings and stop contributing to her retirement to pay her new premiums.

"I cannot afford $1,165 a month, and I cannot afford to have my cancer come back. It was stage three,

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