A democratic congressional candidate who posted criticism of the media on social media was seen as destined for his mother who joined the party’s rebel senators who voted to approve.
Stefany Shaheen, who is seeking to represent New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives, said in post on x that he “could not support this agreement when [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson also refused to allow a vote on extending health care tax credits”.
Jeanne Shaheen, his mother and a US senator from New Hampshire, is one of the seven Democrats who will agree to lead the Party on Sunday to stop dealing with the Guarantee for Subsidy Care Care. Those seven joined an independent Democratic caucus.
“Obviously we have different approaches here,” Stefany Shaheen said in a Monday interview, reported in The New York Timesafter the questions appeared on his post. “I can’t speak for him. I think he did what he believed was right.”
The agreement, which extends the funding of the government until 30 January, contains only the promise of a vote in the Senate of the Senate for the Affordable Credit Act (ACA) that will help to take advantage of the position, which is a key democratic position to repair.
The elder shaheen, a senator since 2009, said in a statement that he stood by his decision. “This is the only deal on the table. This is our best chance to reopen the government and immediately begin negotiations to participate in the ACA Tax Credits,” he said.
Her daughter’s post condemning the deal but leaving out her mother’s involvement set off a swift and predictable backlash on social media, Mediaite.com reported.
“Your mom is just ruining your career,” one x user said pricewhile Another said: “We will not vote for the children of traitors”.
In her post, Stefany Shaheen, a mother of four children Campaign Biography He has been described as a “passionate advocate for groundbreaking medical research and a successful entrepreneur and business leader”, said to have improved healthcare “.
In a section on his website about why he’s running for Congress during the 2026 midterm elections, Shaheen wrote that “it’s not over yet” if Donald Trump, ‘Crushed Medical Research,’ and Republicans [are] Slashing Medicaid, and health care for children, the elderly, and veterans – all to give big tax breaks to billionaires and corporations”.
According to the center on budget priorities and policy priorities, part 15 million people will lose their health By 2034 due to Medicaid and ACA Marketplace Cuts pushed by Republicans; An additional 4.2 million people would lose market coverage if premium tax credits were not expanded, a possible result of Shaheen’s mother’s vote and Shaheen’s other Democratic senators.
Jeanne Shaheen and another Democrat who voted Yes, Dick Durbin of Illinois, have announced they will retire instead of running for re-election next year. None of the other five, Catherine Cortez Mastro (Nevada), John Fetterman (Pennsylvania), New Hampshire), Tim Kaine (Nevada), must face the voters until November 2028.
Angus King (Maine) also voted yes as an independent with Democrats caucuses.