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Republican Shutdown Day One: Tom Kean Jr. is MIA, Refuses to Do His Job

As America faces a looming health care crisis, Kean Jr. and House Republicans remain on vacation, refusing to lower health costs for Americans

As New Jerseyans wake up to the first day of the Republican shutdown, Tom Kean Jr. and House Republicans can’t be bothered to even come to work.

Millions of Americans are poised to get slapped with massive increases on their health care bills this fall, and poll after poll shows that voters want Congress to restore affordable health care and will hold Republicans responsible for their failed agenda.

But instead of doing their job, Kean Jr. and Republicans have chosen to not even show up to work this week, cancelling all votes, shutting the government down, and threatening Americans’ livelihoods in the process.

DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“Tom Kean Jr. helped House Republicans barrel the nation towards a shutdown because he decided that averting skyrocketing health care costs for millions of Americans wasn’t worth his time. Make no mistake, Kean Jr. owns this shutdown, and he owns the harm and higher costs facing working New Jerseyans.”

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