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With only $10 billion. now we know that the white house has made it very clear, the senators have been very clear on another $20 billion. that gets us around $71 billion. i always say, chuck, that if the distance between me and the other person are five steps, i don't mind taking three of them. i think if you look at this, we've taken more than three steps. we're trying to meet them more than halfway and they seem not to be willing to do a deal. >> okay. we'll get to the other side on that in a second. congressman clyburn, thanks very much. let's now go to republican congressman paul brown of ...

Get into the business of trying to figure out why the senate will do anything. >> congress is -- there's bipartisanship -- or there's partisanship that's called the house versus the senate. >> that's exactly right. i think that's what's going on here a little bit. the fact of the matter is we got serious back during the lame duck. democrats cut $41 billion out of the continuing resolution before putting it forward. now since that time we see that the republicans have come up with only $10 billion. now we know that the white house has made it very clear, the senators have been very clear on ano...

On spending, the cbo puts the federal budget deficit for 2010 at more than $1.3 trillion. $71 billion below last year's deficit but the second largest in the past 65 years but the c.b.o. caution several impending changes would make the deficit worse. the bush tax cuts are set to expire but president obama and member of both parties want to extend some of them. >> no one believes that the bush tax cuts will in their entirety sunset at the end of this year. >> then there is the plan to stop cuts and fees to doctors who treat medicare patients and an annual effort to keep alternative minimum tax ...

Than $1.3 trillion. now that's 71 billion below last year's deficit, but it will still be the second largest shortfall in the past 65 years. the cbo cautions, though, that even these assumptions are based on current law and several rather expensive changes in current law are all but certain, and that would drive up the deficit even more. first, it assumes all the bush tax cuts will expire this year, that's not going to happen. congress and the administration are only arguing over which ones to extend, and even if they were limited to the middle class as president obama wants, it would still ad...

Shannon: new numbers from federal budget crunchers today and they're bad according to congressional budget office the deficit this year will exceed $1.3 trillion. that number the second largest shortfall in 65 years. hugh hewitt radio talk show host and professor at chapman university great to see you. >> how are you? shannon: i'm good obviously concern $1.3 trillion of the deficit but cbo plugs in this language and says hey, but that's $71 billion below last year's total. anything hopeful in this report for you? >> no, it's very grim report. first if if you read it through the unemployment is...