Nevada Democrats are turning up the heat on their Republican colleagues after the U.S. Senate failed to pass an extension of health care tax credits today with health insurance premium spikes on the horizon.

The vote was promised as part of the deal between Republicans and some Senate Democrats , including U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., to end the 43-day government shutdown earlier this year.

The deal was harshly criticized by Democrats in the House of Representatives who believed the vote on the enhanced premium tax credits was destined to fail and that the shutdown was the party’s only point of leverage.

A handful of Republicans in the Senate joined Democrats in voting to extend the Affordable Care Act credits Thursday, but it wasn’t enough to get

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