it. they don't believe it's there. i believe it's there. i've studied it. i put you don't a trillion dollars worth of cuts in the pentagon over the next ten years. we can do that. the point is, they're worried that we will cut into the actual real thing that will keep us defending. i understand that concern. plu plus, sequestering is stupid. >> gail collins, tea party champion, "new york times." >> senator, both parties try to get things going in congress, trying to create legislation and compromises that will work. but you're going away, congress is going away without having done anything about the farm bill, without having done anything about the post office, which is now the postal service, which is now in default. we have a budget that kicks it down the road for another six months without making any changes. what's the problem there, do you