>> well, we're not looking at polls, i have to tell you, john. this is not about polls but governance and coming together to get things down and house republicans don't want to shut down the government. we're sending funding mechanisms to the senate day after day after day and probably by the end of the week funded about half of the continuing resolution. so this is important work we're doing. now it seems to be dying at the feet of harry reid at the moment in the senate but we continue to fund the government and will continue to do the work -- >> but congresswoman, the president did win reelection, obama care was litigated in that election. let me ask it this way, for children watching tonight, maybe high school students or elementary school students looking in civics books to figure why does it work this way, 35 members of congress and 35 to 40 members of the house, five to six members of the senate in the republican party, why should fewer than 10% of the congress get to essentially stop the works? >> they are not stopping the works.