it's going to cost. they're hoping it will come in under a trillion, which it probably will. it will have language the house members are going to want to see. they need maybe five, six, seven house votes. more. they don't have them just yet. it depends on what is in the other language and then a lot of convincing and then a lot of begging and pleading from the president, all of which they're claiming is going to happen between now and next thursday. i don't think so. >> howard fineman of msnbc and "newsweek." thanks for your reporting. howard, i hope you don't mind last night we replaced you on the eric massa news desk with bill maher. >> i'm glad you did and the massa story is not going away and if it is still here next week i'm ready for duty. >> okay. thanks, howard. >> okay. for more on what happens next, let's turn to ezra kline of the "washington post" and "newsweek." ezra, we have word from republican sources that the senate parliamentarian's office believes the president must sign the senate bill into law before the democrats can pass that