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The Takeout with Major Garrett

Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) [Extended Interview]

The Takeout with Major Garrett

CBS News

News, Politics

4.6586 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Major interviews Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) about their thoughts on ACA subsidies, the administration's immigration policies as well as the recent boat strikes in Venezuela. Padilla and Sheehy also discuss their joint legislation to boost wildfire prevention.

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0:00.0

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Senators, two votes yesterday on extending Obamacare

0:31.7

enhanced tax credits.

0:33.7

Is that the end of it,

0:34.6

meaning these things are going to go away

0:36.0

and Americans are stuck?

0:37.5

Senator Huthon's, I think, correctly stated that at this point we need to have a final 60-vote

0:44.2

threshold solution to fix this problem. It doesn't look like we're there. So now we're going

0:49.2

to keep working through next week and see if we can get something done. Is this a dumb and dumber like you're

0:54.9

telling me there's a chance situation or is there really not going to be a

0:59.7

resolution before these expire? I couldn't tell you. Senator Padilla? I think it's

1:05.4

Baltimore Republicans Court. The spike in cost of spiking premiums is absolutely avoidable.

1:13.4

That's how we put forward just a clean extension of the premium tax credits.

1:19.8

And let's continue to work together to try to reduce cost of health care overall.

1:24.2

But let's not let people fall into this crisis of not being able to afford health care,

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