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Middle of january. the debt ceiling will be raised until probably the first week in february. and you know, the idea is that democrats gave a little bit, they think a lot because they wanted the debt ceiling to be raised through the end of 2014. it's going to be earlier. and the republicans think they gave a little bit. they wanted to have the government open and move all the way into next year because you know, the sequester levels, another round of cuts happen in 2014. but that's not going to happen now. >> they would keep the level of funding at the lower sequester now but not the lower lev...

In washington, and it's time to solve the problem. >> we're hearing different things coming from various republicans, including senator bob corker. he's a republican of tennessee. he says he's optimistic about the possibility of what's called a grand bargain, and he's open to the idea of raising tax revenues to cut the deal under certain circumstances. senator corker's joining us now from capitol hill. senator, thanks very much for coming in. >> good to be with you, wolf, thank you. >> you heard speaker boehner saying there's no discussion as far as he's concerned about additional tax revenue....

Obviously it's at the lower sequester number, but i'll certainly vote to extend funding. >> sir, over the weekend, gene sperling spoke on "meet the press." take a listen. >> we will still be committed to trying to find remembers and democrats that will work on a bipartisan compromise to eliminate, get rid of the sequester and that's why the president was calling leadership on friday. that's why he spent saturday afternoon calling republican and democratic senators who he thinks could be part of a caucus of common sense to help move our country forward. >> caucus of common sense. at the end of ...