Tensions boiled over in public view on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as the government shutdown stretched into its eighth day with no apparent movement toward resolving the impasse. An intense face-to-face confrontation played out in the hallway between House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. "We got a one-year extension. Why don’t we sign on right now?" Lawler said as he approached Jeffries leaving a news conference, referring to a bipartisan bill introduced in the House to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies for a year . "Did you get permission from your boss?" Jeffries responded. "Did your boss Donald Trump give you permission?" "You can easily extend the ACA right now," Lawler said -- though his own party leaders, including Speaker Mike Johnso

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