I think personally they would be foolish to do that five weeks before an election. That's a high risk event. They always count on us getting the blame. Even though this last year The two longest shutdowns in American history occurred because of the Democrats. First the big shutdown last year, the entire federal government, then the partial shutdown of dhs, Department of Homeland Security this year, which of course we had to use reconciliation. (06:45–06:52)
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