ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Local Congressional representatives are sharing their reaction after the longest federal government shutdown in history came to an end.
President Donald Trump signed the legislation to reopen the government on Wednesday night. It comes after eight Senate Democrats broke party lines to vote in favor of a funding bill, followed by a House session that passed the bill.
Rep. Joe Morelle from the 25th district voted no on the funding bill, saying the bill fails to bring down the cost of healthcare. The Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year, meaning premiums could rise for millions of people who buy their insurance off ACA marketplaces. It took 43 days to agree on a funding bill because Senate Democrats didn’t want to vote on a deal without protections on healthcare premiums. Here is Morelle’s statement:
“Today I voted NO on the funding deal because it fails to do what matters most: bring down the crushing cost of health care for working people. The Republican majority continues to be more focused on fulfilling Donald Trump’s whims and pleasing their billionaire donors than on making Americans’ lives better. Once again, the President has used fear, hatred, and cruelty to get what he wants.”
“At its heart, this budget fails millions of American families who now face massive increases in their health insurance premiums. Mr. President, how are they supposed to survive that? There is a long way to go, and we must find a bipartisan solution before it’s too late.”
Rep. Claudia Tenney from the 24th district voted yes on the funding bill, citing the need to restore funding to government programs. People who rely on SNAP have faced uncertainty since Nov. 1 because of the shutdown and air traffic controllers haven’t been paid since the shutdown started. More than 135,000 people rely on SNAP for food assistance across the Rochester region. On her website, Tenney wrote:
“After weeks of senseless disorder and delay, the House has finally taken action to reopen the government and deliver stability to families, small businesses, and our troops. This shutdown was entirely avoidable. Democrats manufactured a crisis to damage President Trump’s America First agenda while federal workers went without pay and essential services were disrupted. Their partisan games hurt the very people they claim to represent.”
“House Republicans delivered a clean CR to fund the government and pay our servicemembers. Democrats blocked every effort and used hardworking Americans as political leverage. Only after weeks of using the American people as leverage did they finally accept nearly the same terms we offered from the start.”
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