concrete wall from sea to shining sea. we never did. >> and while some democrats call the wall immoral, their party has voted for hundreds of miles of border walls and fences in the past. some are now signaling they could support a technological smart wall which means we're in for a high stakes game of semantics. after the federal face plant of the last five weeks, there's now bipartisan support in the senate for a bill that would outlaw government shutdowns. this from republican senator lamar alexander. shutting down the government should be as off limits in budget negotiations as chemical warfare is in real warfar. rob portman has more than a dozen co-sponsors for his bill to prevent shutdowns and mark warner has a similar bill with a catchier name. the stop stupidity act. and something tells me if lawmakers were the ones not getting paid in the shutdown instead of federal workers, it would happen a lot less. that's the idea behind a