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Saying, hooray, we're on board right now, and putting the pressure on the other party until they feel like they need to vote yes. >> in defense of the republicans, it is just 51-49 in the senate, so they do have to deal with the democrats. but what's been interesting, michael, is the sense that if you talk to anybody on capitol hill, they'll say we did this essentially without the president. we know the president will sign it. the president has lofted his, let's have a shutdown. they have a non-republican president who is going to sign it and had no or very little involvement in it. >> and it'...

When, and if somebody actually read this 250-page bill released last night shortly before midnight. >> long day ahead for phil mattingly. phil, the coffee is on me t. he here to share their opinions, michael warren with the weekly standard and cnn's jm lee. fi michael, i'll start with you. when the republicans came to congress, they said, yes, we're going to spend on the military, but we need to deal with the deficit. if president obama proposed this deal, they would laugh him out of town. now they're going to pass it. >> governing is a little harder than being in the opposition. i think repub...