that has been ruled constitutional by the supreme court. what we're talking about is a change in the constitutional balance of powers. this, as the president has put it, this politics of extortion. it's fine for the house to have the control of the purse strings. that's perfectly within the constitution. that's their role. but as the representative just explained. they have exercised that power. they have passed these budgets. what they're now doing is saying we have additional power that goes beyond the budget to shape the entire presidency, because we will threaten everything, the world economy would collapse. that's what they're doing. and it's important the president made that speech to the business round table. because if they won't listen to the president bus they're the house republicans, they will surely listen to their business backers who fund their campaigns and need to be sable to say to them, this is not god for smi one if you crash this economy. >> when what richard says is not