Washington state’s U.S. senators are outraged after eight Democrats in the U.S. Senate backed a Republican short-term funding measure Sunday night to end the shutdown and reopen the government.

U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell issued statements following the vote in which eight of their party colleagues broke with the Dems’ shutdown-fight to try to preserve expiring health subsidies.

The Senate’s 60-40 test vote is a step toward funding the government, with a promise to hold a vote in the future to extend the tax credits.

Murray issued a statement saying that as long as there’s time to combat the “MAGA health care hike,” Democratic lawmakers must push for negotiations on Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits.

Speaking Monday on the Senate floor, Murray said she’s o

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