line. but i will tell you that this is the best we could get out of divided government. reporter: the house republican leaders underscoring the fact that this was a bipartisan vote. the reality, wolf is that republicans really did have to rely on significant help from democrats in order to pass this. now, it is going to go to the senate where we expect that vote to happen perhaps within the next hour, wolf. some call it fuzzy math, as you did, dana. others call it washington, d.c., math, there is a lot of fuzzy math going on, always has been, over the years. thanks very much. good report. we are going to have a lot more on this looming budget debate. just ahead, my interview with the senate majority leader harry reid, that s coming up this hour. but turning now to the raging battle in libya where a fresh round of explosions have just been heard in tripoli. state tv reporting civilian deaths. meanwhile, in the bess sieged city of misrata, at least 23 people were killed, more tha