senate. >> [inaudible] >> the senate voted to give the american people a $166 tax cut. we voted to giver the american people a $1,000 tax cut. we are going to insist on doing this the right way. >> they have been working on this for weeks and haven't been able to come to an agreement. what makes you think you can do that between now and new year. >> we have not been working on this for weeks. i told the senate leaders that there would be no negotiations with the house until such time as the senate passed the bill. i meant what i said. and when they were getting ready to pass this and somebody passed on to me what they thought it would look like, i made it clear