Dem Rep. Panetta on Shutdown in January: ‘We’ve Had to Shut Down’ ‘to Fix Our Differences’

During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) responded to a question on whether Democrats should shut the government down over healthcare by saying that he doesn’t want a shutdown, but “it’s gotten to that situation where we’ve had to shut down the government in order to fix our differences.”

“NewsHour” Correspondent Lisa Desjardins asked, “There’s a funding deadline in January, at the end of January. Should Democrats demand healthcare action in return for funding government again?”

Panetta responded, “Look, that’s what we demanded during the shutdown, and we got to this point right now. And, hopefully…

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