does it frequently. >> i give him credit for that. for trying to hammer something out. it may or may not fly. >> all we hear is the intransgent republicans. >> i think he deserves credit. this is not ease tee to sell to his own conference. i don't know whether we'll get there. we're going to lose a substantial number of republicans. we're going to lose a substantial number of democrats if we what we hear about the bill is that it doesn't go after any of the special interest tax breaks that democrats would like to see help finance an end to the sequester. democrats don't like the sequester level. we feel this is an austerity budget that is doing damage to the economy. i think if we had an economy, if we had a budget that was making an investment in infrastructure and jobs and we were able to pass the president's jobs bill, our economy would have fully