Washington — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat who helped facilitate the deal to end the shutdown last week, said Sunday that lawmakers need to put the shutdown behind them as they look for consensus to address health care costs.

"We need to put the shutdown behind us, end the circular firing squad, and remember why we're in this situation," Shaheen said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ."

Shaheen said "we're in this situation because Donald Trump and Speaker Johnson and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate refused to address the cost of health care," adding that lawmakers need to reach consensus to get a bipartisan bill to address health care costs out of Congress.

Democrats had sought an agreement to extend expiring Affordable Care Act ta

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