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Faction in the house, the republican study committee which called for even bigger cuts not to 2008 levels but 2006 levels. they talk about cutting $2.5 trillion of dent over the last decade. michele bachmann who made her own separate reaction. do you see any problem dealing with the tea party faction inside the house republican caucus? >> absolutely not. we all got elected in november. all 435 members of the house. we all heard what our voters had to say. cut spending, create jobs. and the fact ...

The jobs of tomorrow. republicans say they want to cut spending and reduce the deficit. >> with all due respect to our democratic friends, any time they want to spend they call it investment. i think youll hearing the president talking about investing a lot tuesday night. we have a huge spending problem here. jon: chris stirewalt is fox news digital politics editor. chris you say get ready for winter fireworks in washington, huh? >> reporter: oh, jon it is going to be a barn burner here in town....

John cornyn said i guess we better recharge or batteries. it seems like ground hog day. we get up and do the same thing over and over and over again. it is maddening. yesterdays approval included 4.7 in spending for ship repair and missile defense. short-term extension to keep the childrens program running until march. $2 billion for a veterans hurricane program. the spending resolution also waived automatic spending cuts that would have been triggered due to estimated deficit from tax bill. pav...

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Spending resolution. the move sends federal government funds into next week as the current fiscal year comes to a close. the bill was passed by the senate on monday, forcing the full house to return from its week long recess in order to prevent a full government shutdown. the house will now vote on a larger, more ambitious plan to keep the government funded through november 18th. comes as house republicans target several democratic prioriti priorities. $3.6 billion in pell grants, 30 other cuts ...

Day we work it out. >> reporter: we also learned that some of the democrats did cross state lines for a face-to-face meeting with senate republicans in kenosha, wisconsin, at least they are talking but republicans said the talks didnt get them anywhere closer to breaking the impasse. >> brett: the house today took the first step toward avoid a shutdown. with three more days until zero hour, it appears that both sides may be able to dodge a fiscal bullet for now. >> reporter: the house and senate...