Statement from the Center for American Progress’ Neera Tanden on Government Shutdown, Obamacare Open Enrollment

by Gary Kopycinski on October 1, 2013

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2013. For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government has shut down because of Republican infighting in the House of Representatives. The federal shutdown coincides with the first day of open enrollment in the new health marketplaces. Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: