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And some democrats. a lot of democrats not happy, they wanted greater spending. i'll ask you the same question, congressman pitinger. how will you vote when this comes before you on the house floor? >> wolf, i haven't seen the legislation yet, but i will say this is a two or three-month temporary fix. the issue right now on the floor is what do we do about long-term spending, the dent, $17 trillion, $60 trillion in unfunded mandates. it's been disingenuous to me, while the president, he gave a speech in 2006, his speech lambasting president bush for having a $5 trillion debt and he didn't want...

>> the cr or the debt limit? >> both. >> both? it's expected that we'll fund the government through january 15th and the debt limit through early february. an agreement reached over in the senate. and it gives us a chance to sit down in the budget process and see if we can't work something out. i think we're on a spending trajectory that's unaffordable for the american people. it will create more debt. it needs to be dealt with. >> are you going to allow the whole house to vote even if the majority of republicans won't vote for it? >> absolutely. i'm going to meet with the republicans in about...

>> and we have a debt problem. and we have to pay our bills. >> all right, but we're borrowing 46 cents of every dollar. >> the deficit is the symptom, it is spending that is the disease. i mean, over the last ten years, federal spending has almost doubled in the economy and only increased about 15 to 16% and working families, they have the income increase at all. it is a spending problem. and right now, the president's taking spending from 20% of the economy to about 25 and it's on its way to 40. i mean, at this spending trajectory, working families are going to have tax rates that will make ...

>> and we have a debt problem. and we have to pay our bills. >> all right, but we're borrowing 46 cents of every dollar. >> the deficit is the symptom, it is spending that is the disease. i mean, over the last ten years, federal spending has almost doubled in the economy and only increased about 15 to 16% and working families, they have the income increase at all. it is a spending problem. and right now, the president's taking spending from 20% of the economy to about 25 and it's on its way to 40. i mean, at this spending trajectory, working families are going to have tax rates that will make ...

They play a lot of politics. but the president is playing politics too. when i talked to the president six months ago about medicare, he said the spending trajectory is untenable. and so he knows there needs to be a fix in this area. and what's the shame in all of this is that they can't kind of sit down and work it out, because, you know, if you were the negotiator up at camp david, you'd be able to do it. >> well, one of the problems is they're not at camp david. they are not sitting down together. but the state of the union i think should not be viewed as -- rather the inaugural address sho...