Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) talks to the press as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) talks to the press as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks to the press as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) talks to the press as senators leave a failed vote to reopen the government, in the Russel Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Alex Wagner interviews U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in her office in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in Schiff's office at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 23, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Alex Wagner covers a press conference with U.S. Representatives, from left, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Katie Hill (D-CA) in the Capitol Visitors Center on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 1). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME