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ben domenech is founder and publisher of the federalist. ed o'keefe covers capitol hill for the "washington post" is a cbs news contributor. ed, started with you. where are we right now? >> i think this is all because you're leaving town. we'll call this the dickerson shut down. [ laughter ] will not go viral. the senate reconvenes this afternoon, house republicans are huddling this afternoon to try to figure out what might happen among them. there is a group of moderate senators who are leading in the offices of susan collins trying to see if there's enough support to reopen the government until february 8th then slam out all unfinished business which might include immigration or it might not. the reason this group thinks they have a chance is majority leader mcconnell said to them if you get everything else done, disaster funding, the actual budget reauthorizing the children's health program, i'll give you vote on immigration separately that might be a few different options. then at that point it will require the president and house repub