Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown
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Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP swoop into power last year.
Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn't pass a law to preserve low premiums on Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for the roughly 4.7 million people living in his home state of Florida who are enrolled in the coverage.
"Hispanic voters helped return Donald Trump to the White House," said Fuentes, the CEO of the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. "Republican leaders would do right by their constituents to keep coverage affordable, and they will remember that heading into th
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