Tim Kaine actually said...

Regardless of the magnitude of the harm, would a government shutdown, under current circumstances, be harmful to the economy?

I do not know of a single Democratic member of the Senate or House who has blocked us from going to a budget conference.

The public does not have a high opinion of the Congress--so this would just be one other example of the malfunctioning of the legislative pr...

I think Senator Sessions was in those hearings--and I was really struck and impressed by the bipartisan spirit of those hearings.