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it's supported by the assistant democrat leader, jim clyburn. there are even unemployment insurance reforms in this bill which -- some of which have been supported by the president in the past. so there's no need to shut down the government. i see senator reid has already signaled that they may not do that after all. look, i have been here for a while. this is not the first time seen year-end work get knotted up, but i think everyone needs to step back and take a deep breath. i think there's an easy way to untangle all of this. we just need to let the members do their jobs and we need to let the two institutions do their work. first, i think democrats should join republicans and sign the conference report to fund our government. house and senate appropriators have done their jobs. there is an agreement on a bill that we keep the government opened. they worked out all the details and shook hands. the bill's done. it's bipartisan. it's bicameral. democrats and republicans in the house and senate are both ready to vote on this. we just need the pre