look at long-term reforms. there's a number of the new senators led by david perdue from georgia looking at ways to make sure we don't keep doing these crs or omnibuses at the end of the year that are these massive spending bills. we're trying to get democrats interested in these long-term reforms. but tonight the most immediate thing is to keep our government open and not shut down the government. i'm hoping that my colleagues in the senate, democrats and republicans will agree and we pass this cr in a couple hours. >> a lot of us are hoping that. those of us who have lived through these government shutdowns here in washington and elsewhere know the pain that's going to be suffered as a result and the enormous cost to american taxpayers down the road, loss in revenue, loss in the economy. it's a big, big deal. good luck. >> thank you. >> senator dan sullivan of alaska. just ahead, we're going to get another update on all the last-ditch efforts to keep the government running.