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Center on. both sides do not want this to go any further because if there is to be a, the possibility of a government shutdown over something like hurricane relief, congress already has an 82% disapproval rating. if that were to come to fruition, it would go that much lower. >> there are 18 other points though. >> reporter: excuse me? >> there are 18 other points. >> reporter: as far as what happened today, 4:00, the house will vote on this government funding bill. it is expected to pass the house. it will have a lot of opposition. it will have conservative opposition because there is still a ...

Capitol hill where it fathers acrimony has done anything but subside. one week from today, the government will run out of money when this fiscal year ends. unless congress agrees to approve just over $1 trillion more to keep thing running. the sticking point on the funding is hurricane irene. republicans want to offset any emergency relief bill with spending cuts. basically ignoring senate majority leader harry received leyde passed the stand-alone bill to the tune of $6.9 billion in the senate. like russert joins us live from capitol hill. you've been watching this come to a head. ten senate ...

Committees. senator, thank you for being here. here's just one example speaking of what the topic is here. this week republican leaders in congress sent a letter to the federal reserve chair. ben bernanke. it says we submit that the board should resist further extraordinary intervention in the u.s. economy. we have serious concerns that further intervention by the federal reserve could exacerbate current problems or further harm the u.s. economy. you see the house speaker. the majority leader, all on the by line there. what is the perception? is this a veiled threat of limiting fed problems? s...