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Who are the Democrats voting with Republicans on the government shutdown deal?

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    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    48% Medium Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -7% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : There is no one in the Senate who wants to see these tax credits extended more than me.
51% : "Congress has one month to engage in serious bipartisan negotiations to extend the Affordable Care Act's expiring tax cuts that help people afford their health insurance.
50% : The former governor pointed to both ACA subsidies and efforts to defend the federal workforce, a key pressure point in his state, home to roughly 300,000 employees.
47% : A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the standoff.
46% : Kaine said the deal "guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits," and also that it "will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay.
43% : "The question was, is, as the shutdown progresses, is a solution on the ACA becoming any more likely?
43% : All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote on social media, live-streaming a speech opposing the deal.
40% : "I think people are saying we're not going to get what we want, although we still have a chance - because part of the deal is a vote on the ACA subsidies - but in the meantime, a lot of people are being hurt.
40% : "I'm voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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