Ben Shapiro

and you're looking at the possibility of losing your seat because you're in a purple state, then it was not in your interest for this government shutdown to continue.

Angus King said it wasn't working.

It's been six weeks.

Republicans made it clear they weren't going to discuss the health care issue.

The Affordable Care Act tax credits until the shutdown was over.

Gene Shaheen said, when I talked to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me?

They say, why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing the country?

Minority whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, who's the number two Senate Democrat, joined six centrist Democrats and one independent to vote with the 52 Republicans, which, of course, Dick Durbin is in a very blue state.

But he understands that he has to provide enough cover for these purple state Democrats to maintain their seats.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, he did what he always does, which is he basically gave permission for the vote to happen, and then he voted against it.

This is his favorite thing to do.

He likes to allow things that he's supposed to not allow.

He likes to allow those things to happen and then vote against them to show that he really, really opposed them.

So we are not clear of the woods just yet.

Apparently, the Senate will come in today.

Senators are supposed to finish voting on the CR minibus package, but that would require consent from all 100 senators.

I cannot imagine they will get that.

Instead, I assume that this whole process will be dragged out and then the House will take up the package.

The GOP leadership in the House is saying that Congress people should be on notice that within 48 hours, 36 hours perhaps, they need to be back at the Capitol in order to vote on all of this.

All right, coming up, the Democrats are super duper angry with the other Democrats, you know, like the sane ones.