things like the start treaty. the senate has to get through that today before they can even move on to other business. what is actually going to happen? the spending bill but fights are going on all over the place now. could the government actually shut down? >> the problem is this, gretch, that is that the way they line it up, first we'll do the start treaty and then we'll take up spending. what's your hurry? the government is going to shut down on december 18th. that is absolutely the drop dead date. keep in mind right now, on capitol hill, there are two bills. the house has passed...