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As you're calling in, here's the schedule on Capitol Hill today.
The House not in session today, though we are expecting to hear from Speaker Mike Johnson.
That's scheduled for 10 a.m. Eastern.
That's where we're going to head here on C-SPAN after our program ends at 10 a.m.
Over on C-SPAN 2 at 10 a.m. Eastern time, Georgia Republican Congressman Rich McCormick will discuss how the U.S. can lead the world in artificial intelligence technology.
It is happening again on C-SPAN2, C-SPAN.org, and the free C-SPAN mobile app.
Also today at 2 p.m. Eastern, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will speak on the outlook on the U.S. economy.
That's going to be live here on C-SPAN and also on C-SPAN now, the mobile app and c-span.org.
So a lot going on today.
There'll be a lot going on all week long.
Tomorrow, it's Election Day, the off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey.
That New York City mayoral race that's being closely watched on Wednesday.
It's the Supreme Court case on Donald Trump's tariffs policy.
That's at 10 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday.
So even though the government shut down, there's a lot for us to cover and talk about with you.
And now's your time to talk about any of those topics.
Obviously, Chuck Schumer was getting battled by his left wing during the last vote for a continuing resolution, and he felt that he couldn't go down the same road.
It's all about him and his reelection and AOC bringing on a primary against him.
Now, that being said, this shutdown's been going on too long.
Democrats have to realize that's their problem.
It's America's problem, but their fault.
I think I have a solution, but I'm not sure.
Maybe I wanted to ask the other guests if that's possible.
Currently, the Senate, they don't have a filibuster for judges and for Supreme Court nominations.
Now, why can't the Senate create a rule that says 30 days after a clean continuing resolution is not voted on or doesn't pass, then the filibuster would kick in and the filibuster would go away and we'd come a 51-vote majority only for clean continuing resolutions that are not approved.
So the filibuster stays in place for the vast majority of legislative business, but when it comes to funding the government, this rule kicks in after a CR expires for 30 days.
Is that what you're saying?
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That's what I'm saying.
And, you know, I'm surprised, you know, it seems like a really good way to fix this.
You know, you're only going to have a shutdown for 30 days at most, and people will not be suffering forever.
The way things go now, it doesn't look like we're going to get a resolution for this by next year.
I mean, it's just the way everybody's so divided.
But I believe the filibuster is in jeopardy because the Democrats tried to do it last year, because except for cinema and mansion, the filibuster would have been gone.
I totally disagree with getting rid of the filibuster for most legislation because the Senate was set up as a common cup, as somebody would say.