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All the speechifying isn't going to result in anything right now. you saw last night clutches of senators talking, republicans and democrats on the floor. you talk to the senators in the hallway, there's a lot of head-shaking, they can't believe they've gotten to this point. a lot of them believe something has got to give. lindsey graham was one of those republicans. the republican of south carolina who voted against his leadership. he says these constant patches, these short-term continuing resolutions to fund the government for three weeks to four weeks is no way to do business. >> i'm not g...

The rest of it, is mandatory spending on things like social security and medicare and medicaid. the social safety net. that's why social security checks will continue to go out during this shutdown. but we, meanwhile, most of the federal government is going to be closed, if something isn't done within the next couple of days. they won't be coming to work on monday morning, to say nothing of federal facilities across the country like federal parks and other facilities. alex? >> discretionary spending is the hold-up. well the president is at the white house this morning, spending this the anni...