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Here, and the american people are going to suffer. bill: just one more point -- >> again, it's about fighting smart and getting results. bill: one more point here. speaker boehner often talks about a meeting he had with the president in december of 2011. he says they were very close to the grand bargain, i think he even describes it as a handshake, and the president, in the speaker's words, ross his nerve. >> well, i think that -- bill: let me just ask the question here, is it possible that we can get back to that point, or do you believe this is an administration that has no interest in that ...

Are weary of hearing about. they believe the longer they old out and the big fear president aobama giving away too much, ala 2011. as peter was mentioned, there now seems to be a sort of light at the end of the tunnel. if there's a temporary extension of government funding and its clean and temporary extension to the debt limit and congress comes to some sort of compromise on what the standards are for negotiation, i.e. if some sort of df sit reduction is not agreed to, there's a trigger in which both sides feel some pain, the sequester, perhaps you could see something like that be away out of...

Corporations be more competitive and help create new jobs as well. >> does this mean you are done with the bev sit reduction and you don't node anything new at this point? there is no talk of any of this revenue going to debt reduction. you want to do it on spending. >> we have an offer on the table as you know for a larger deficit package. that still stands, but the gel in pursuing that has always been in the long-term about economic growth and creating jobs and having a middle class. we wanted a package that creates stability and more over it makes room for the investments we need to make in...

>> some said it could be going to develop sit reduction. >> i'm willing to consider that. we did $620 billion of that. >>g joining me now. alex we are looking for signs and i noticed that tom coburn shaved his beard. is that a breakthrough? >> that is what that means, the big game is now. i think it is a good sign, he has been more moveable than other folks on the key issues. the fact that he is saying that lindsey graham has suggested the same thing. paul ryan is sitting at home trying to figure out a way to balance the budget in ten years.

America's progress. i just want to repeat. we had a constructive meeting today. senators reid and mcconnell are discussing a potential agreement where we can get a bipartisan bill out of the house and over to the senate so that we met the december 31st deadline. given how things have been working in this town, we always have to wait and see until it actually happens. the one thing the american people should not have to wait and see is some sort of action. i expect a bill to go on the floor, and i've asked senator reid to do this, to put a bill on the floor that makes sure classes on middle cla...