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U.S. Representative Richard Neal, D-Springfield, says he will be voting against a plan to reopen the federal government. The plan offers no guarantees of funding being restored for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. That's something most Democrats had been holding out for.
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We visit the Center School's new building in Greenfield, we speak with East Forest before his performance at the Hope Center for the Arts and take the latest Thunderdome at Tip Top Wine Shop in Easthampton.
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Today on The Rundown, panelists breakdown Tuesday’s elections throughout western Massachusetts, which largely favored incumbents in contested races.
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