and so is speaker boehner. he's getting a lot of pressure from the tea party folks to dig in his heels, even if it hurts and destroys recovery that we have going now. what's worse, the country doesn't care much about the tea party. >> i'm sorry. wake up. wake up. yeah. it's all right. >> talking about cowboy poets? with us now, the republican congressman from texas, representative jeb hensarling. >> wow, you just told me something about him. >> amazing. look at this guy. >> can we say your age on tv? >> yes! >> doesn't hurt my feelings. >> 53. you look so young. >> you should have what he's having. >> the budget. it looks a lot like 95. it's a mess out there. the freshman pulling one way, boehner trying to pick up democratic votes. what's going on? >> we need to ask harry reid. the house republicans have passed a bill to start putting