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But will there be any progress? that's going to be something that we will be closely watching throughout the day. dave? >> thank you. >> as of july 1st, connecticut, pennsylvania, wisconsin among states who don't have an agreement. illinois's dispute the longest running. that state has not passed a spending plan in more than two years. putting it at risk to become the first state who's credit rating is downgraded to junk. many budget impasses are driven by ideological differences made worse by poor budget forecasting. last year, half of the states collected less in taxes than expected, and man...

And gun control if he wants to do that this year as well. >> well, you have to pick and choose. you have to be careful. if you pick on the one hand it could be tempting to go guns, because it needs the most political capital. it's going to be the hardest slog. it's the most work. but if you do it and fail, you're not going to get anything else fail. ask george bush when he did social security first. immigration will be relatively easy now. there will be some painful moments, but you have a republican party of which there is incentive to get it done. they had a big victory early. but the fact t...

>> well, and that's the thing. doris is right, you've got to pick and choose. you've got to be careful. if you pick -- on one hand, it could be tempting to go guns, because it needs the most political capital. it's going to be the hardest slog. it's the most work. but if you do it and fail, you're not going to get anything else fail. ask george bush when he did social security first. immigration is going to be relatively easy now. there will be some painful moments, but you have a republican party of which there is incentive to get it done. they had a big victory early. maybe that is what it...

>> i just want to inject the larger political point. we have midterm elections coming up in two years. he's talking about immigration. there's the entitlements which can take a long time and gun control, if he wants to do that this year shs as well. >> you've got to pick and choose. you've got to be careful. if you pick -- on one hand, it could be tempting to go guns because it meets the most political capital. it's going to be the hardest job and the most work. but if you do it and fail, you're not going to get anything else done. ask george bush when he did immigration. immigration is going ...

And gun control if he wants to do that this year as well. >> well, you have to pick and choose. you have to be careful. if you pick on the one hand it could be tempting to go guns, because it needs the most political capital. it's going to be the hardest slog. it's the most work. but if you do it and fail, you're not going to get anything else fail. ask george bush when he did social security first. immigration will be relatively easy now. there will be some painful moments, but you have a republican party of which there is incentive to get it done. they had a big victory early. but the fact t...