then perhaps paying for some of this new spending down the road. a leading house conservative earlier sounded hopeful. >> i do think there are a lot of things we can both agree upon that at least start to address the spending problem and focus on getting economic growth, and that would be a good thing, but they haven't reached an agreement yet. i hope they do. >> reporter: he says he thinks the government ultimately needs to move on from going from crisis to crisis. >> what are democrats saying about where things stand? >> harry reid said they're not there yet in terms of a deal. democrats have been very cautious about what they say about this because, of course, nobody has read a final deal just yet, so they don't want to say they're for and it then ultimately end up against it. but a senate democrat expressed some optimism. >> with the potential budget gem from senator murray and congressman ryan what he was an opportunity to reduce these