stop-gap spending measures. with us tonight congresswoman karen bass democrat of california who sits on the house budget committee. good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> what do you think of the latest news nbc news is hearing from a gop aide that republicans have a new stop-gap measure to keep the country running? what do you make of that? >> well, first of all, i heard what you did but i have some additional information. i heard that it's a stop-gap measure for one week but they're going to put enough money in to fund the defense department for the rest of the year. so we will fund the defense department but we're going to cut everything else or we're only going to have the measure in place for one week. i think it's pretty crazy. it sounds like a caucus in disarray. >> so senator schumeras parentally calling the bluff of speaker boehner on the house side. in your opinion this puts boehner kind of in a tight spot with the tea party, doesn't it? >> well i think it absolutely does. as you know i am a part of the