'They can fix it': GOP senator admits he prefers 'blowing stuff up' over avoiding shutdown

'They can fix it': GOP senator admits he prefers 'blowing stuff up' over avoiding shutdown

Senate Republicans are becoming increasingly intransigent in their refusal to work with Democrats, despite the implications of a federal government shutdown set to begin on October 1.In a Tuesday article, the Washington Post's Paul Kane reported that the Senate's previous reputation as a place where last-minute deals are made in the sake of governing has effectively eroded. He noted that in previous government funding standoffs, a so-called "gan…