(The Center Square) – With a government shutdown hanging in the balance, the fight for extended Affordable Care Act tax credits is hitting home for low-income workers.

In Pennsylvania, the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, convened a group of dozens of health care workers in Harrisburg to deliver letters to U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, a Democrat, and Dave McCormick, a Republican, asking them to preserve the credits.

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