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Giving a short briefing there about the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations in washington, d.c. nbcs mike viqueira is standing by on capitol hill. mike, i guess the big head line to come out of this other than the old christmas adage about the ifs, ands, buts, is the fact its tied mainly to negotiation? >> yeah, if you spend any time around here, andy, two things are going to happen to you as a reporter, youre going to be insulted by john boehner, and youre going to hear him say ifs ands and buts ...

Congressman james clyburn. sir, good to have you here. we just heard nancy pelosi calls on congress not to leave the hill after a two-day work week. are republicans on the hill wanting to do the same thing, wanting to stay there and get this deal done? >> thank you so much for having me, thomas. yeah, i do believe we want to see the deal done. ive talked to a lot of republicans who feel that we ought to do this. before we go home. then come back next week for a day or so to rat that fi whatever ...