now, senator mitt romney says they've agreed to a topline number. they've described it at a general agreement. john tester, a democrat, has also agreed with that language, that they've reached a general agreement as to how to move forward. the big question is how much money is it? it could be in the range of about a trillion dollars and then how do you pay for it? that was a big stumbling block amongst this group before. both republicans and democrats involved have said that they are going to call for no new tax increases, but they still are going to try and find a way to pay for it without contributing to the deficit. using things like the gas tax and perhaps fees and some things along those lines. now, we should point out that even if this group is able to issue some sort of an agreement th ty ten members, and there are 100 members of the united states senate that would need to agree to it, including the two leaders, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. today, mcconnell, the republican leader, said he is hopeful that this group can come up with some sort of a package that the rest of his conference can support, and the majority leader, chuck schumer, has said that he wants