fund the government in order to make sure that the sequester levels, the new forced spending cut levels that kick in, new spending cuts that kick in in january aren't locked in. unclear if that is still part of the discussion, the crux of the discussion or if they've move on to other issues. the big issue is the debt ceiling and length of raising the debt ceiling and what price if any democrats are willing to pay on that. one last thing, i was told just before coming down to the hallway here to take out this meeting that the whole concept of medical devices, the tax on medical devices which republicans have been pushing on because it has to do with obama carrie peeling that or maybe delaying that is still possibly on the table as part of this short-term deal. again, it's very fluid. they're still trying to finalize it. >> short-term being a key word we keep hear. thanks very much, dana bash.