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Think about what it means for the federal employees who are public servants and can't work. and i'm very focused, along with some of my colleagues on the impact this has on contract federal workers, the almost invisible people who clean federal office buildings, work in the cafeterias. and they are contract workers and they have no way of getting paid and they are living paycheck to paycheck. just like most americans do. and it's just wrong that they're being used as a bargaining chip here. >> so but they are. the question is, what changes the equilibrium. what you have described has been true...

Even years i'm thinking how clueless he is about the impact this is having on people's lives. the bill i'm working on with my colleagues in the senate would be working to address the impact of contract workers by making sure that they get the back pay that they deserve. but meanwhile what ought to happen is the bills that have pass it had house and the senate, they ought to be passed by the senate again and sent to the president and he should sign them into law. >> did you notice today, it was weird, senator mitch mcconnell, john cornyn, senator thune, none of them were in the white house rose...

This could go on for months or even years i'm thinking how clueless he is about the impact this is having on people's lives. the bill i'm working on with my colleagues in the senate would be working to address the impact of contract workers by making sure that they get the back pay that they deserve. but meanwhile what ought to happen is the bills that have pass it had house and the senate, they ought to be passed by the senate again and sent to the president and he should sign them into law. >> did you notice today, it was weird, senator mitch mcconnell, john cornyn, senator thune, none of th...

Questions when they're thinking of their constituents. the average back wages more or less about $3,200. total unpaid so far over $2.6 billion. more or less those are the numbers. so why can't left or right look at these numbers and go, hey, let's just finish this. >> exactly right. i think has the pressure builds and this starts to affect people who aren't federal employees, that will drive the parties to a come pipromi compromise. it's the contract workers and there are 38 million people on food stamps that might see their benefits cut. there are $140 billion of tax refunds that typically go...

The federal employees who are public servants and can't work. and i'm very focused, along with some of my colleagues on the impact this has on contract federal workers, the almost invisible people who clean federal office buildings, work in the cafeterias. and they are contract workers and they have no way of getting paid and they are living paycheck to paycheck. just like most americans do. and it's just wrong that they're being used as a bargaining chip here. >> so but they are. the question is, what changes the equilibrium. what you have described has been true for two weeks by and large. w...