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Schumer: 'We're not going to shut down the government'
December 9, 2016 | 11:15 PM GMT
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Friday that it wasn't Senate Democrats' "intention" to shutdown the government over cuts to coal miners' healthcare, but said they wanted to highlight the "seriousness" of the issue.