On Tuesday, in the United States, congressional Democrats gathered outside the White House's budget office to condemn the layoff of federal workers decreed by the Trump administration amid the government shutdown. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, called it "a lie" and illegal for the White House to use the shutdown to impose mass layoffs. The Democrats stood behind people that held signs printed with Budget Director Russ Vought's face and his quote about wanting to put federal workers "in trauma." Democrats have focused on trying to keep Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring for millions of U.S. citizens who purchase insurance on Obamacare exchanges. Meanwhile, without this federal support, costs are expected to soar across the health care economy.
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