Grace Panetta

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Not just anything would have been important enough for Rep. LaMonica McIver to board a train just hours after having surgery for uterine fibroids. But this vote was.

One week ago, the New Jersey Democrat balanced her personal health with her determination to cast a vote against a bill to reopen the federal government that she said would make health care more expensive for her constituents. The bill passed the House largely along party lines, with McIver and most House Democrats opposing it.

“That definitely wasn’t in my playbook. It should not have to be like this,” McIver said in an interview with The 19th. “But it’s very important for me to show up for the people that I represent, and that’s why I

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