WATCH: Jefferies says Democrats will continue to fight for health care tax breaks as shutdown deal advances

Democratic senators who voted for the government funding bill on Sunday “will have to explain themselves,” House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.

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“But the vast majority of Senate Democrats are still in the district fighting to fix our broken health care system,” Jeffries said.

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He speaks to reporters as Congress is close to approving a bill that would reopen the federal government after a nearly six-week shutdown.

Democrats had insisted that the bill include an extension of enhanced tax breaks that make health insurance coverage more affordable, but they were unsuccessful in including this request.

“As House Democrats, we know we are on the right side of this fight, the right side of the American people, and we will not support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to destroy health care for the American people,” Jeffries said.

Jeffries says he still supports Schumer

The Senate Democratic leader faced criticism from some progressives after several Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to begin reopening the government.

But Jeffries said those Democrats need to explain their vote, and that he still supports Sen. Chuck Schumer as the party’s leader in the Senate.

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“Over the past seven weeks, Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats have fought a courageous fight,” Jeffries said.

In March, Jeffries refused to say whether he trusted Schumer after Schumer helped Republicans pass a funding bill.