Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), second from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), left, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (R-Ill.), third from left, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) fourth from left, speak at a press conference on the ongoing government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)