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Mcconnell manage to -- >> that's -- i want to pick up, because the whole house piece, this is fascinating, but let's just -- i want to make sure we understand what it is that harry reid and the democrats are looking for here. this susan collins plan we were talking about yesterday morning, it would have extended the debt ceiling until the end of next january. >> right. >> it would have put in this, like, process, where supposedly the house and senate would agree on a long-term budget plan before -- between now and january or i get -- otherwise, the debt ceiling wouldn't be raised then. the oth...

Solution to reopening the government. it is a political strategy. it is dymmekry. here's what we should do, and speaker boehner as an opportunity to end what he called a game in exactly 30 minutes from now. in 30 minutes, we'll go back to the floor of the house. house democrats will offer the republicans what they originally requested, their budget level. we will produce 80% of the votes necessary to pass the budget at their level and reopen the government. all we're asking hem to do is coming up with the other 10 to 20%. if they can do that, we will pass this budget at their requested level. ...

Little bit in the senate and by that i mean this restart the government one section at a time which has passed in part in the house. today the the texas senator john cornyn tried to offer a bill to reopen the parks and museums and senator harry reid who runs the senate on the democratic side objected to that, stalling that idea. so we're seeing a lot of these tactical moves playing out. plenty of talk going on, but not much in the way of progress and there is this expectation that what is happening now, there's plenty of activities and not much action that would reopen the government and this ...

More because, of course, that is for some small businesses their budget level. chris? >> and one thing, a quick follow-up, did the white house -- do you have any indication did the white house expect the reaction they got on capitol hill yesterday? i assume with this proposal, which much of it isn't new. this is essentially the president's budget proposal from last year, that they didn't think john boehner was going to say, that sounds good, let's do that. but did they expect the dismissiveness and john boehner's tone in his press conference yesterday? did that catch them by surprise at all? >...

You. they do trust him. the thing paul ryan is above all is a good soldier. he's been playing a tough double game. he's coming to pundits and saying, look, i'm cutting medicare, doing something terrifying to seniors, i'm privatizing a lot of security social security. and they go, clap, clap, that's impressive you're saying that, but when the republican party trots him out and tells him what to say, he says it every time. so the budget level, the amount the government can spend according to the house of representatives, although the senate won't agree and the president won't agree, is essential...