Jim DeMint: “It just tells you how irrational this spending culture has become that's driven by earmarks.”

His proposal was so outlandish, I don't think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with.

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.

Certainly, the Federal Government needs to be an example everywhere we can.

Well, Anderson, this issue is much bigger than North Korea. We're now living in a world we've got to understand that North Korea is going to have nuclear weapons.