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Talk about what this budget deal is going to look like, because obviously we have just reset the clock. we passed a continuing resolution, another deadline coming up in january. this is a joint statement from senator patty murray, who's the chair of the senate budget committee and congressman paul ryan, who are heading up the budget conference committee. "in months ahead, we hope both sides can work together to grow the economy and tackle our debt responsibly. we hope we can reduce the deficit in a smarter way. we hope to restore stability to the budget crisis and end the lurching from crisis ...

Senator patty murray, who's the chair of the senate budget committee and congressman paul ryan, who are heading up the budget conference committee. "in months ahead, we hope both sides can work together to grow the economy and tackle our debt responsibly. we hope we can reduce the deficit in a smarter way. we hope to restore stability to the budget crisis and end the lurching from crisis to crisis." do you share the same hope and is that a delusional hope? >> i think it's a good hope. it's something democrats have been talking about since the senate passed their budget back in march. we've bee...

Get together and engage in negotiations over the budget and how we do the budget in an ongoing way. by refusing to play republican reindeer games in this particular shutdown fight, by forcing the republicans to climb down with nothing to show for themselves after taking us to the brink, democrats, as of last night, have already reestablished the principle that you cannot hold the country hostage to try to win things that you can't get through normal politics. that is established, as of last night. but why not also say, now, you are never getting the opportunity to do this again. why not reinst...

Needed to. josh green wrote about this week at "bloomberg businessweek." now, the way that system worked, it was a two-step process for congress. first, they'd stop to pass a budget. then they would have a separate second vote they would have to take to raise the debt ceiling in order to accommodate all of that spending the they just voted more if these were two separate votes. number one, do you want to buy this stuff, and number two, do you want the money to pay for that stuff you said you would just buy. in 1979, in charge of getting that second really annoying vote, dick gephardt said, let...

The economy and tackle our debt responsibly. we hope we can reduce the deficit in a smarter way. we hope to restore stability to the budget crisis and end the lurching from crisis to crisis." do you share the same hope and is that a delusional hope? >> i think assiit's a good hope. it's something democrats have been talking about since the senate passed their budget back in march. we've been trying to get the house republicans to appoint conferrees so we could do just this. but we haven't had a budget for four years in this country. you need a road map and we need to have this budget done. so ...