progress toward our goals. i see this agreement as that kind of progress, as a step in the right direction. instead of the arbitrary cuts we make smart, targeted reforms. we stop sending checks to criminals. we cut corporate welfare. we reform some mandatory programs and we start to make real reforms to these auto pilot programs that are the foundation of our debt in the first place. this agreement makes sure that we don't have a government shutdown scenario in january. it makes sure we don't have another government shutdown scenario in october. it makes sure that we don't lurch from crisis to crisis. it also allows congress to finally exercise the power of the purse. we're both from the legislative branch. the constitution says that the legislative branch should exercise the power of the purse, we want to reclaim that from the administration instead of having all these continuing resolutions. we want to get our government