to read the politics of what happened today. it was sort after remarkable vote, right? democrats vote together only one senator, senator carper of delaware votes for it. i couldn't -- i guess what i want to you explain to me was this the republicans sort of creating this -- bringing this situation to this end because they wouldn't dlu those items you're talking about? s was it the white house? was it the democratic kau can cuss? how did this all play out? >> well it was several weeks of work. it was talk ever since the finance committee voted for these four bills we assumed they would be together when i realized senator hatch, the chairman, wanted to bring them separately understanding that republicans wanted to kill the had help for workers, the trade adjustment assistance understanding that the president wasn't wild about some of the trade enforcement actions. my goal was to work with other senators to keep them together. we were able to do that because