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I wanted to ask you both

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about the government shutdown

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and which party

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you think goes down

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as being blamed for it

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and whether or not

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that has any kind of

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political legs?

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It will.

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I mean, next week

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is payday for a lot of

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federal employees

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and it needs to get solved.

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If Republicans

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think they're not going

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to get blamed

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for this, ultimately

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they're in charge.

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And I understand

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the filibuster rule.

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Frankly, I would do away

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with the filibuster

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if I were John Thune

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and I would pass the CR

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today.

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I think that's

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their best move.

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And I would be ready

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with a health care reform bill

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in the next two weeks.

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The Republicans

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are in charge of things

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and the Republicans

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own this.

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On Friday, we started to see

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illegal firings of union

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and nonunion employees

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in federal government.

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It's taken the ability

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of the House to vote

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to release the Epstein files.

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They're one vote short.

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Johnson won't appoint

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won't sit a Congressperson

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who won a special election

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so that that deciding vote

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will make this happen.

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So again, it's all about

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this is about protecting

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“Dear Leader,” and it's

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about consolidating power.