chance, the mcconnell is going nowhere. and speaker barne said today that the cut, cap, and balance bill is the bill that we need to be amending, debating, and we need to talk about it, the only core bill we have. there is no other bill if the president wants to take us beyond august 2nd, he can dismiss the bill but they are getting calls that americans think, over 70's percent, we need to balance the budget. this is in line with where american wants us to be. >>neil: and you mention s&p who had a powwow with republicans today, and it was extended to republicans, period. who called for that meeting? >>guest: i'm not sure. paul ryan has been very involved with the numbers here.