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Are in true decreases of funding or are they gimmicks? the american people are sick and tired of the gimmicks. they want to see real saving and that's what we are fighting for right now. >> the last thing before you leave, someone like yourself and other members of congress, there are hundreds of you up there, how are you being kept informed? are you playing, quite frankly, an active role in any of these negotiations? >> all of the members of the republican conference, we've had multiple meetings, the speaker has been transparent in terms of what he's doing in terms of the negotiation. our lea...

There's a deal. >> and representative price, you know how this conversation is certainly turned today with the dualing speeches, the dualing press conferences. we hear a lot about planned parent hood today. so i will ask you, the american people thought this was all about agreeing on a number but now it seems to be about ideology and whether or not planned parenthood should get some funding. for you, sir, is it just a matter of numbers for you or do you not want to support something that still allows federal funding for planned parenthood? >> i think our friends on the other side recognize tha...

Sure that we pay for the department of defense. $12 billion for one week, support for israel, and then prohibition. that's what is in the senate lap. >> representative price, at some point we have to pass a budget and if we are this close -- i say we -- you guys. if you all are that close and it's conjecture with 138 billion, i'll give you that. let's pretend for a second that it actually is 38 billion. is 38 billion a number you can live with? >> well, it depends on what else is there. in the original bill that we passed, it was $61 billion in reduction for this fiscal year with 40 or 50 what...

Of our own. representative price says he will go out to the lame duck session say to the democrats we want you to pledge that you will not try to pass any major policy inchishtives during the time between the november elections and january when new members are sworn in. do you think the republicans have any chance or is it just forcing the democrats to take a vote on that? >> there is no chance that the dem crass are going to do that. what republicans fear is that after the mid term elections if for instance the republicans take the house or maybe even the senate then that lame duck period dem...

Bail out their competitor or change the rules of the game so that they're not certain whether they ought to create jobs or not. this uncertainty in the marketplace is huge and until we see that, we won't see the job creation that's needed to make is so the individuals out there on unemployment insurance will have a job and won't have to look for that unemployment insurance check. >> representative price, thank you. >> thanks, tony, take care. more companies are hiring. we will check in with carter evans at the new york stock exchange.