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No. but it moves the country in the right direction. so what i've said in the past consistently is i'll support laws that move the ball forward, that doesn't mean that's my position and that's where i'd like to go. but that's exactly the direction that we need to go in. >> the issue of moderation is -- goes beyond abortion. back in 2006 you were fighting the idea that you were seen as too conservative. you had television ads, heralding the fact that you opposed reductions in the minimum wage. that you were fighting cuts against amtrak. isn't your history to try to moderate, both when fighting ...

Cuts on the wealthy. mike emanuel, what do we know about the possible comp -- compromise today? >> reporter: we've been working it hard trying to get the details of that compromise. we understand from what we heard yesterday from kent conrad on tpao*bgs news sunday senator reid was going to lay it out today but democrats i've talked to around the hill and our colleague trish turner, who covers the senate like a champ, we've not gotten the details yet but we continue to work it. here's what we know. here's senator conrad from fox news sunday: >> it will be paid for, it will be paid for in a way...

Optimistic folks at 5.53 saying, yeah, they think they can get something done. go to foxnews.com/"america's newsroom," weigh in our question of the day, and you can kind of see what other people are thinking about this. bill: i'm thinking your three kids could get more done. [laughter] martha: i know they can. especially with me behind them. [laughter] bill: that's right. we're going to ask leaders offense the hill that -- on the hill that very question. texas senator john cornyn is here live on whether or not congress can move the ball forward, we'll talk to him. martha: she was featured on a...

Compromise plan but we also have to be willing to talk about where and how we could compromise and you're seeing that out of supercommittees. senator baucus put forth a plan that probably wasn't his choice but moved the ball forward, the republicans have put revenues on the table through tax reform. not as much as democrats would like but it's a start to have discussions going. so it's hard to find the specifics but you are seeing progress on, don't forget, what is a very hard issue. we're talking about fixing social security, medicare, the tax system. this is not easy stuff. jenna: it isn't. ...

Unappealing wait until you see what they are going to get done. >> if you judge your vote purely on hypothetical, what the senate, god forbid they actually do some work, actually send us something, what my great hope is we'll regroup, we'll engage in that little bit of additional budget discipline and we will put together a package someone like myself can vote for. martha: this bill, if i heard you right is $24 billion short of being below the spending cap that was set in the budget bill, is that right? >> long would be the better way to phrase it. martha: yeah. >> from my calculation looks 24...