during that shutdown. and after that, many of those federal employees were paid retroactively, but a lot of federal workers are worried that won t happen this time. carol? all right, erin mcpike reporting live from washington. want to take you back to the senate. harry reid, the man who leads the senate, is now speaking. let s listen. okay. let s do this again. i ask unanimous consent for premorning business for debate until only 10:30 p.m., with the time controlled between the two senators or their designees and permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. is there objection? without objection, so ordered. under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. president. okay. we re going to step away from that. i m not quite sure what just went on, but i assume that