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Senate negotiators nearing a two-year budget deal. yes, you heard me right, a budget deal. two years, not two months. the framework, blow the lid off spending caps, pump money to the military, do desperately needed disaster relief, take a debt ceiling fight off the table until after the midterm elections. this is all still in a flux because congress hasn't done its job in a long time. of course, there's a lot being crammed in here, including some land mines for conservatives, especially those who cringe at the deficit impact. but the deal would end governing from shutdown to shutdown. one prob...

So if the congress as paul ryan has indicated, in fact, extends those tax cuts which are now nominally temporary and expiring in a few years, that will increase the deficit impact and potentially the drag on the economy. >> they're implying the same thing. quickly before we go, you know, we heard from people like susan collins and others, you're not going to see cuts to medicare and medicaid. how exactly is this thing going to work? once it gets signed into law and cuts half to happen, where does that go? >> well, they're going to try to make cuts. paul ryan has signalled that as he said a wee...

While ago. he's been one of the most outspoken, if not opponents of the bill, people with concerns about it. he sounded very resigned to the fact that this was probably going to move forward, despite some of his concerns about the deficit impact. meanwhile, democrats are furious. they feel like they're fighting with a ghost. haven't seen the final bill. they don't know the final damage of amendments. they say that lobbyists and other folks around town have. saw a tweet. put it on the screen. from claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri from a short time ago complaining of exactly that. she says...

Points. it's not only the ron johnsons of the world and steve danes of the world who have the substantive issues on pass-throughs. it's people like corker and flake and even mccain who have sort of personal animus with the president and that are also concerned about deficit impact. so i might worry more about those guys than some of the others who i think will eventually come along. you know, i think ultimately they can probably get 51 votes for this tax package but it's not a done deal and getting it done this week, there's a lot that has to happen between now and a vote. >> what -- if you we...

Deliver through the senate and will the president be influential when he visits the hill? >> this is a big week. do-or-die time for the republicans. i agree with senator lindsey graham. i think the republicans will get to 50, but i had it wrong on health care. i thought they would get to 50 on obamacare repeal. >> nine members expressed concerns about it. >> there is work to be done, no question about it. ron johnson of wisconsin said he wants more tax relief for the small businesses and they are scrambling to work on that. some of the senators are worried about the deficit impact and are worr...