How close from where you sit are we to ending this shutdown? Well, I think, you know what, ironically, we've been close for five, four, five weeks in that We only need five Democrats to sort of come to their senses and say, yes, reopen the government. and then we can begin to negotiate. But setting that aside, which is very frustrating of the 13 times we voted on this, I think that with SNAP benefits expiring, … (00:38–00:43)
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