done before the middle of this week and i think the mattis departure also had something to do with this. republicans in particular were totally deflated by the way last week end, the syria decision, mattis going out, falling apart of this senate negotiated cr that was going to keep the government open at least in the short term. senate republicans felt a little bit if not misled at least like the vice president maybe couldn't actually speak for the president, they felt they had a deal in place. when all that fell through people threw their hands up and got out of hand. i was on the hill all day saturday interviewing lawmakers who were carrying their bags through the hallways, closing up shop for the year, mitch mcconnell said on the floor we'll probably be in session on thursday. that may not happen. it could turn into a pro forma session on thursday. so republicans left town feeling