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>> good evening. house republicans are meeting this hour and are expected to meet again tomorrow morning to discuss the outline of the plan to see if they can rally up enough support to get some thorny issues off the agenda as the house is expected to transition to a new speaker. the package was negotiated by members of the white house with the top four congressional leaders, top speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and democratic leader harry reid. the senate leader talked cautiously earlier this afternoon. >> in the meantime, we also know that fiscal negotiations are ongoing as the details co...

Issue. we'll grab a lot of attention for himself if he's hitting it the hardest. but it's a gamble, because a lot of republican voters are relieved there appears to be no shutdown this year. >> he does need to make up some ground. the guy who's ahead, ben carson, he's the front-runner right now. do you think he'll be right there in the crosshairs? >> reporter: yeah, you know, the whole frame of this debate has changed, hasn't it? the last couple of debates we went into for republicans, trum up an interesting dynamic on the debate stage. i wonder how many of the candidates will raise their hand...

Especially if it has a defense department established stamp on it. but i digress. now to that big deal in washington and the big move closer for one paul ryan to be the next speaker of the house. mike with the latest on both. hey, michael. >> neil, busy afternoon here on capitol hill. supporters of that bipartisan budget package received some good news from the nonpartisan congressional budget office saying that the $80 billion increase split between defense and domestic spending is fully paid for by other cuts. let's take a live look at the house floor where lawmakers are debating that budget...