Are Democrats coming back next week in person. >> Yes. And our view is that, you know, we're ready, we're willing, we're able to sit down with anyone, anytime, any place, you know, either on the Hill or back at the White House to reopen the government to enact a bipartisan spending agreement.But that spending agreement, as we've repeatedly said, has to actually make life better for the American people, not worse. And of course, it has to decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis, crushing people a ...

It's day 23. And I'm curious sort of what has changed between day one, the start of this shutdown and today in terms of the conversation and how you're feeling about where things are. Well, as Democrats, we continue to make clear to our Republican colleagues that we will sit down with them any time, any place in order to reopen the government, to negotiate a bipartisan agreement that actually makes life better for the American people in terms of spending and funding.But we also have to decisively address th ...