house republicans were looking to slash from the budget. obviously, the white house wasn't amenable to that. we will see whether that is protected or not. this is great news for anyone who wanted to avoid a sundown on the 19th but the deal is not sealed yet. separately, you have some republicans who are looking to have a threat of a shutdown with regard to the border negotiations for that supplemental on ukraine and border funding. it could get mixed up in this. it's worth noting that speaker johnson has an indicated he wants to tie these issues together. time will tell if that it stays a separate issue or if we have a couple of rough weeks ahead of us, yasmin. >> joules, real quick, remind us of the deadlines we were looking at here when it came to this spending deal. why? when it came to this deal in early december to avert the initial government shutdown by speaker johnson, we had a couple of dates in mind.