Senator Roger Marshall

They're not going to fund DHS.

So they have closed that circuit.

Shame on us for thinking for some 40 days that we could get some Democrats to come across the aisle.

Now, I do wish the Senate could do a better job of going down two roads at the same time.

I was looking for a reconciliation bill weeks ago and to get started on that.

But the leadership folks are putting this reconciliation bill together, working hand-in-hand with the White House.

It'll be a miracle for them to get this together in two weeks to figure out exactly what we're going to fund.

How are we going to put the SAVE Act into a reconciliation bill?

So it sounds really easy, but right now our staffs are working really hard.

phone calls as needed.

Look, I'm not anxious.

I'm as determined as you are, but it looks easier said than done.

Yeah, Biz, I mean, you're spot on.

I don't want to overpromise and underdeliver.

What we cannot do with reconciliation, by reconciliation, we reconcile the budget.

So whatever we pass, vote on even, has to do more with budget than with policy.

So, for instance, with the last reconciliation bill, our working family tax cuts bill, we weren't able to outlaw abortion, but we were able to defund Planned Parenthood for a year.

So I think we have to use that same type of technique with this reconciliation bill, and it'll have to be very thoughtful.

So what we cannot do, we're not going to be able to force states to have voter ID or proof of citizenship.

But what we can do is use the power of the purse.