Tom's next guest is Democratic Congressman Kweisi Mfume, who represents Baltimore City and the rest of Maryland's 7th District in the U.S. House of Representatives…

...which is where, alongside the US Senate, gridlock over funding the federal government has reached a new record. At 36 days, the shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. 

But after Tuesday's sweeping Democratic ballot victories — in New York's mayoral election, Virginia's and New Jersey's governor races and even California's Prop. 50 redistricting initiative — the political landscape appears to have shifted in Democrats' favor. Will that be enough to spur bipartisan discussions to end the government shutdown?