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A handful of Democrats defended the far-left portion of their base upset over Democrat Senators caving to Republicans to end the government shutdown.

“I think they are rightfully disappointed. At the end of the day, we took on this fight for more than 40 days to make healthcare more affordable, being one of the primary goals that we had in this fight and to see us give in now at the end of the is something that’s incredibly frustrating, incredibly disappointing for myself included,” Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., told Fox News Digital on the steps of the Capitol after the longest government shutdown that estimates expect to cost the government between $7 billion and $14 billion.

“We needed to stay fighting,” Rep. Shri Thanedar said. “The strong

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