which is there are actual negotiations happening. i hope they've learned a lesson. one thing i thought very interesting, the white house came out with a veto threat very early in this in a way they never did with health care reform. the only thing they issued a veto on was it not be too large. now it's if the derivative language is not strong enough. i would also say this is not just in the hands of democrats on the hill, it is incredibly important that public opinion remain squarely for taking on the banks and reining them in and there's lots of opportunities for progressives who care about this to call their senators and to call members on the hill to show up at protests. there's a march on wall street being led by afl-cio, there's a group new way forward doing actions, there's a bunch of people marshalling grassroots organizing to go after the banks. i think that's going to be more important than the deals made on capitol hill. they'll respond to what the mood in the country is. >> the day the democrats start