know, has killed it. they still think it's a bipartisan bill that they can revive. >> it's not going to happen by friday. number two, both of those people are from my home state of connecticut and not from democrats in west virginia or indiana, to a.b.'s points. the politics are a little different. easy for blumenthal to be against it. that said, for even the sweeteners that house republicans unveiled last night, c.h.i.p. and some of these other things to get more folks on board with a bill to extend the budget funding, i'm skeptical that republicans would not be blamed 100% for this. pat leahy, senator from vermont said it yesterday and this is how it goes. republicans control the white house, the white house and the senate. we've seen congress get blamed for past shutdowns when there was split control. '95, '96, republicans got the