aisle. >> mcconnell doubts the government will close but democrats are preemptively blaming the g.o.p. if the government does shut down. >> our republican colleagues, meanwhile can either work with us to move the process quickly through the chamber or they can engage in obstructive tactics that will make a government shut down almost a certainty. >> the g.o.p. could drag out passage of the bill in the senate for days, even if most senators want to pass the bill before the friday deadline. bret? >> bret: chad, what about this latest democrat to announce requirement. this is not some back bencher, that's right. peter defazio of oregon will not seek a new term. he chairs the transportation committee. this is a blow to democrats, defazio is the 19th democrat to retire. the chairman of the budget committee john area mouth also announced recently that he would retire the house g.o.p. campaign committee says, quote: committee chairs don't retire unless they know their majority