we are pet-friendly. again, it will not take a long time. we can probably resolve the differences within an hour. >> speaker boehner and the house republicans have the power to go up and open the doors and pass the bill. >> joining me now, kelly o'donnell. let's talk about the tone. it's hard to believe this is taken seriously when you have people like congressman kantor referring to the president taking his dog bo out for a holiday trip. people are saying $40 means heat and $40 means gas to get back and forth to work. >> the tone is heard in different ways depending on the context. had there been real americans standing there talking about what $40 means, kantor would not have used the kidding about bo the dog. the bigger picture is what mcconnell did. a dual track and embraced by the president, very rare for that to happen publicly that the president gave credit to mitch