Jim DeMint: “It would constitute a massive form of global welfare, courtesy of the American taxpayer.”

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

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

We cannot keep our country shut down. It's affecting people emotionally, as well as financially.

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