Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and other high-ranking Democrats say that any government funding package to keep federal departments operating past Sept. 30 must include major concessions from Republicans to repair what they say is fast becoming a national health care crisis.

“House and Senate, Hakeem and I are in total agreement, what the Republicans are proposing is not good enough for the American people and not good enough to get our votes. The American people are hurting, health care is being decimated on all different fronts, people are going to die, people are losing jobs, people are losing health care,” Schumer said Thursday.

“On this issue, we’re totally united. The Republicans have to come to meet with us in a true b

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