get paid and he can't answer that question yet. this is the height of irresponsibility. look, alex, i'm the chair of the democratic national committee, and so obviously i care about the democratic agenda a lot, and believe in it. but i know that as a representative of the 20th district of florida my first responsibility is to say we have to make sure that we're responsible. and it's not always going to be my way. i have strongly-held principles, i have strongly-held preferences. the preferences i'm going to have to put aside a little bit and make sure that we can get this done and not jeopardize our economy. where are the republicans that recognize that, too? they're absent. >> that is what's called being a responsible politician, i believe, but how do you see this ending? >> well, i wish i could predict. i know that if there are a few republicans on the senate side that come together, recognize that we're not that far apart with senator reid and hammer out