** ‘This Moment Is a Test,’ Says Ocasio-Cortez as Government Shutdown Begins
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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.”

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