News Alert | ‘This Moment Is a Test,’ Says Ocasio-Cortez of Government Shutdown

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‘This Moment Is a Test,’ Says Ocasio-Cortez as Government Shutdown Begins With the US federal government in a shutdown after a midnight deadline passed, outside progressive voices and Democrats in Congress who are holding the line against a $1 trillion evisceration of healthcare funding by President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers say the battle lines should be made clear for all to see. “This moment is a test. Donald Trump wants us to blink first and hand him over power. We have too much to save to give in,” declared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared. “Protecting the American people is too important a task.” READ FULL STORY Read all the latest news from Common Dreams

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