helped expand opportunities for insurance in this country. republicans never liked them in the first place. number one goal is to repeal them or at least reduce them. congressman, joe scarborough here. hi, joe. why would democrats do anything to help the republicans keep the government open when they re not going to do it on your terms? basically democrats in the house would be doing the bidding of the freedom kaung caucus to inc the debt ceiling essentially. whether or not we have leverage. if republicans can convince the freedom caucus to vote for a short term spender that doesn t increase spending for the new year, they ve demonstrated they ve been able to do that. if they come to democrats with a bill that is lacking in the issues we care about, whether it s c. hncht i.p., community health centers, the issue in puerto rico and the virgin islands, florida and texas,