fourth of july district workweek to focus on the budget. reid says the white house actually accepted his invite to the hill on wednesday. this as we rush towards that august 2nd deadline, which was largely invented by the treasury department. the white house insists, however, that it can't be moved. freshman republican congressman david shriker of arizona, think of it as a paper tiger. looks scary, unless, of course, you burn it. the reality, there is a significant issue in america. dysfunction in our structure. business and government creating all sorts of issues for us. we have big debt as a result of it. and yet our focus is on the deadline made up in the first place. >> and i love your comment, in your previous -- i say we blame the royal family. >> it is clearly fir fault. kate middleton is really a problem. spending all of our money.