We have 55 votes with the majority, but we need 60 in the Senate to be able to move anything. We would like to I've actually proposed this yesterday. There are several colleagues that agree. I'd like to be able to push this out into January so that we don't reopen for three weeks and then go through this all over again. That kind of chaos for federal workers and their families and for every federal program doesn't help us. It hurts our economy and hurts families. (04:19–04:27)
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