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Shutdown looms as deal evades Congress

Congressional Democrats and Republicans remained far apart on host of issues late Monday, most notably about whether to extend the expiring ObamaCare enhanced premium tax credits.

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Democratic lawmakers have insisted any government funding deal include a permanent extension, but Republican leaders don’t even want to have the discussion until after a short-term funding bill has been passed.

GOP leaders face an internal debate. Frontline Republicans appear willing to vote for some kind of extension of the tax credits and don’t want to suffer the political consequences of their constituents seeing premium spikes.

But conservatives want nothing to do with the law and are urging leadership to let the enhanced subsidies expi

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