00:01Day six of the government shutdown brought two more failed votes on funding.
00:05This is the right fight for Democrats to have.
00:09I think what we need to do is reopen the government right now, not deal with this temper tantrum.
00:13Despite behind-the-scenes negotiations, Congress hasn't made any measurable progress.
00:18Democrats are not dropping their demand that health care provisions be included in a temporary funding package.
00:24I have to know that a deal is a deal.
00:25The big question now is, do Democratic voters around the country support not just what congressional Democrats here in Washington are fighting for, but how they're fighting for it?
00:37New polling suggests they don't.
00:40So we're standing outside the entrance to the United States Senate where lawmakers are coming in and taking two key votes.
00:46One on the clean continuing resolution that was already passed by House Republicans.
00:50The other on the Democratic counter-proposal that not only keeps the government open, but also repeals many of the health care provisions that Republicans passed in July with the one big, beautiful bill.
01:01In other words, they want to peel back the Medicaid cuts that were made.
01:06They also want to extend Obamacare tax credits.
01:09And that fight has been what it's all about this whole time, and none of that has changed.
01:14What may have changed, however, is public sentiment, because over the weekend a poll came out from CBS News that found only 48% of Democratic voters think what congressional Democrats are fighting for is worth a shutdown.
01:2724% said it's not worth a shutdown, and 28% said they're not sure.
01:32You don't have a majority of your party. How do you continue?
01:34Look, all I can tell you is the American people feel very deeply about solving this health care crisis.
01:41And every poll we have seen shows they want us to do it, and they feel that the Republicans are far more responsible for the shutdown than we are.
01:49So look, we're doing what we believe is right, and that is trying to protect access to health care for millions of Americans.
01:58This is a righteous fight.
02:00Democrats' top priority is to extend Obamacare tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year.
02:06The credits help Americans who get their health insurance through the federal online marketplace pay their insurance premiums.
02:13The impasse? Republicans want to let the tax credits expire.
02:16The subsidies are there because the Obamacare program is broken.
02:20The fact that it has to be subsidized of this magnitude just underscores the fact that it's completely broken.
02:25We're throwing good money after bad.
02:26There are no signs of compromise here in D.C.
02:29This shutdown will continue as long as both sides think they have the high ground.
02:33I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News.
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