As Democrats hold firm on forcing Republicans to make health care tax credits permanent amid a government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is wondering where Democrats’ urgency was when they controlled the government.

“If the Democrats were so concerned about this when Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were running Congress, they could have made them permanent,” Donalds said on “ The Evening Edit ” regarding the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits .

“They chose not to and the reason they didn’t make it permanent is because they wanted to wield it as a political weapon against the American people and against the federal government,” he argued.

The shutdown of the federal government is now well into its second week, with health insurance s

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