government shut down and they want to try to put the blame back on democrats for not at least funding some of the most visible, some of the most heart wrenching areas of the government. we talked about clinical trials, that's a great example. the house passed a bill to fund the national institute of health, harry reid said no, i'm not going to do that today because he said i'm not going to take one for the other. i'm not going to put one group against the other and that does put democrats in a difficult position but standing firm saying all or nothing. >> congressman matt salmon is deep in the trenches on this, and joins us now. appreciate you being with us. this piecemeal approach is expected to be rejected by the senate, as dana said. i guess what i don't understand, how are republicans picking these agencies? >> honestly, anderson, you got to start somewhere and this