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Differences. >> drawing attention to the debt we're accumulating is important. we waited all week long to put it at the end of the week and let it expire as people get tired. people then say you don't want to shut down the government do you? my intention is never to shut down the government. my intention is not to keep it open and borrowing $1 million a minute. my intention is not to vote for bills to keep it open, but bills spending so much money it endangers our security. >> the bill raises the debt ceiling. it takes the heat off them to account for that government spending for the next coup...

Senators. in doing so, he forced the voting to be delayed while he protested the huge amount of government spending that is in the bill and hypocrisy of his own party driving this issue. >> drawing attention to how much debt we're accumulating is something that is important. we've waited all week long to put this at the very end of the week and let it expire toward the end as people get tired and everybody says you don't want to shut down the government, do you? i don't. my intention has never been to shut down the government. my intention is not to keep it open and borrowing $1 million a minu...

How optimistic does all of this sound to you that there is a n consensus among at least a handful of folks who say there needs to be a bipartisan movement towards resolution? >> two things. first, and thank you for having me on today. i'm grateful. first, this was the schumer shutdown. 93% of the democrats vote to shutdown. 91% of the republicans voted to keep it open, and that filibuster did need to have it stay open. >> everything that was said in the past 24 hours -- >> it's the tapes though. >> today is a new day, and we're listening to your colleagues both, you know, republicans and democ...

Be doing their business? >> well, i always think it's interesting in that i think congress, in particular the house of representatives, but also in the senate, they are the most reflective of who we are in our communities, right? and so i think that this congress and this senate is reflective of how polarized we are. and so i don't know that people are that surprised that they're dysfunctional because they understand, like, they're feeling disruptive not just on the republican side, but also on the democratic side. and i don't know that there's going to be that much big repercussion from this....

Guardsmen will be sent home at midnight. and also the families of soldiers who are deployed are not going to have their pay and benefits. we have to fix this. >> shannon: congresswoman, were you hopeful or optimistic what you all sent over to the senate was going to get to a vote? we aren't getting through the procedural hurt toll get to the vote on the merits. were you hopeful it might have gone differently? >> i was very hopeful. i'm very disappointed that chuck schumer and the democrats have been obstructionist, haven't moved the bill fovd forward. as steve said, it's critical we make sure ...