Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate, publicly disagree over the government shutdown deal due to healthcare subsidies.
The Senate deal to end the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history is not only dividing Democrats, it’s also causing a split in one well-known political family.
Democratic congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen, who’s running in a crowded primary for a Democrat-controlled open House seat in swing state New Hampshire, says she „cannot support“ the agreement, which was brokered in part by her mother, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
The elder Shaheen, a former governor who is retiring next year rather than seek re-election to a fourth six-year term in the Senate, was one of seven Democrats who voted with Republicans on Monday evening to end the shutdown.
The split between the mother and daughter underscores the divide in their party over ending the shutdown without firmer commitments from the Republicans who control Congress.
Stefany Shaheen, in a social media post on Monday, said she would only support a deal if it included extending the expiring subsidies that make health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, known as the ACA or Obamacare, more affordable to millions of Americans.
