one of my colleagues that are -- they are going to try to honor their constituents back home. >> laura: your duty is also to the united states of america, right. >> it actually is. >> laura: that's the most important duty. if our nation is imperiled by ongoing drama at some point you do have to give. james, i want to get you in on this compromise has become, you know, a dirty word for a lot of people. i understand why because usually it's conservatives, from my perspective, who, you know, get shafted in a compromise. they are very scepght particular call of it yet, we are at the point where that is what is going to have to happen. i think it's a hard pill for a lot of these tea party folks to swallow. i do understand that. >> after the boehner bill passed, there were actually house republican freshman sending out press releases boasting of having successfully pressured the leadership. that wouldn't have happened in an earlier era. >> laura: fascinating. we will go back to bret baier who is telling us what is happening on the senate floor, bret. >> after we told you about the tabling of that boehner bill