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‘A righteous fight’: Democrats hold fast on healthcare but also use shutdown to pummel Trump

Republicans, however, need to peel off only a few votes to end stalemate over government funding

Finally, after nine months of Donald Trump running rampant over much in the government they hold dear, Democrats in Congress have found the ground on which to fight.

Pressed to vote for a Republican plan to keep the government open through mid-November, Democrats balked, and instead laid out a series of demands that amounted to the undoing of much of what the GOP has accomplished over the past year.

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