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59, karen. and this is the continuing resolution. its come back from the senate, the idea now is that theyre going to amend it, and with the amendment theyre going to repeal the medical device tax. now the medical device tax, its interesting. because there is room for discussion about the medical device tax. but karen, not when -- not in these circumstances. not when theyve got us over a barrel. theres so many americans that would suffer, and its so stupid because its been proven that a shutdown...

You cant make long-term deals so it is wasteful and tracey, like you. they are occupied congress negotiating the deals and the agencies are preoccupied with making contingency for government hut downs and so they are robbing. >> they are not spending. they are so busy they cant spend. >> i am telling you, give a kid a lollipop. >> tracey, the better analogy is bragging that you use coupon to buy groceries and you spend all of your days and rent money blowing it in the race track. thats what is g...

Nasdaq? all right. we will continue to follow that number for you as well. we have heard a lot about the potential impact of the gulf coast oil spill on the seafood that you eat, but a lot other products that you use could be effected as well. christine romans is with us. christine, i want to work the touch screen here. bear with me here. >> i cant wait. >> what kind of products are we talking about here? >> lets start. im calling it the logistics tango because all these big companies, coffee, l...

What is your worst case scenario and how would you respond to it? >> well, worst case scenario is if we -- it continues and theyre unable to shut it down and it spreads further east and/or further west. and you get shut-downs of the seafood community all along the coast. worst case scenario. we do have inventories that can help keep our customers supplied for a period of time, either fresh or frozen. but hopefully that wont occur. were seeing it on the eastern side of the river at this point. ho...

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About how to fund government fwhl november 18th. the big usual youve about how much the government will spend through the fiscal year 2012, that was taken care of with debt limits. thats what has caused the government shut-downs in the past. with this amount of money, how much is appropriated to certain agencies. specifically in this debate. fema. and disaster relief. republicans say, look, were going to give a billion dollars right away. $2.65 billion over the course of the year. that is more t...