and they've gotten their more conservative brethren to follow along. they'll also be voting on a bill that allows furloughed chaplains to practice religion on army bases. this is an issue that got a lot of traction in the conservative blogosphere. there's some concern from catholic priests who have been furloughed and they were contracted to serve, if they went back on their base they could be arrested for saying mass. this bill is moving forward so that would not happen. as i said, messaging war, putting democrats back on their heels, but, guys,ly say this -- president obama and the senate democrat have said they will stock a lot of this. it is good to see the federal workers back pay going forward. don't expect too many of these to move the the president's desk. >> one question about that. on the one hand, it makes perfect sense to me for the white house to say this one is important, so once we finally come to an agreement, bewe get this back pay, but is it also an opening? part of what the administration has done is a pretty hard line