deadlock, in-fights and screaming. what you don t see every day is large groups of both democrats and republicans coming together saying how can we work through this process. i always say when folks back home talk about all they see is the screaming, i say well, on a lot of these shows, the screamers get all the attention. the people who are doing the work are back in the rooms doing the work. i ve had people in the last few weeks come up to me and say thank you for being reasonable and i thought first i thought that s a nice compliment. then i thought man, that s a pretty low bar. senator ron johnson came in on the 2010 tea party wave but bucked conservatives by voting for budget compromise. my standpoint, i m willing to work with anybody that s willing to acknowledge a problem and work with me in good faith to solve it. that s my resolution. that s been my resolution since i came here. agriculture chairman debbie stabenow tried and failed to pass a farm bill, but sounds hop
all of us could feel the effects. some lawmakers are hoping to push a bill through congress that would restore these benefi benefits retro actively. many republicans say they ll vote against it unless that money is found elsewhere. it s not looking good. especially after the budget debate this year. the extension did not make it in the budget compromise that president obama just signed into law. he also, yesterday, signed a defense bill into law. that will crack down on sexual assaults in the military and make it easier to transfer people from guantanamo bay. danielle, thank you. u.p.s. and fedex are scrambling to deliver the late christmas packages. they re all expected to be here
economic recovery. some law mikers are hoping to push a bill through congress that would restore the benefits retro actively and restore the benefits for three months. many republicans say they re voting against it unless the spending is compensated by finding savings elsewhere. it s not looking good in terms of this bill right now. especially in you look at what happened with the budget debate throughout this year. the extension didn t make it into the budget compromise. it will be a tough road ahead. the president also yesterday signed the defense bill into law. that will crack down on sexual assaults in the military and make it easier to transfer people from guantanamo bay. u.p.s. and fedex are still scrambling to deliver late
into a winner. why did that happen? well, because he managed the more difficult half of the budget compromise. democrats were much more likely to vote for it than republicans. and he managed to get it through the house with a big majority. i don t think it does much for a potential presidential candidate, but it does add luster to his record if he decides to go for speaker of the house which i think he will eventually. yeah, and he was able to do something of course, that we ve seen repeatedly speaker boehner has been unable to do. totally agree with that with un. right? he s been able to be shepherd that conference through in a way that boehner hasn t. navigated the tricky politics of the gop house conference in a way few others did successfully. the disagreement that you two have is on our number three winner. ryan first for you. i think elizabeth warren had a very successful 2013 and is now holding up the an banner of the democratic left.
gut check on this special morning. we have a case of the holiday giggles. let s have fun with our list now. it s been a busy year in washington, a government shutdown, the disastrous website launch for obamacare and now a surprising bipartisan budget compromise. who knew? so who was naughty and nice in the capital this year? we ve made our list and checked it twice. our santa is cnn political analyst and executive editor of the daily beast, john avlon here to break it down for us. myr merry christmas. who s on the nice list this year. quickly. it will be short. i feel good about the results. good. right at the top, you ve got to lead with paul ryan and patty murray coming together late in the year, coming up with a bipartisan budget bill. that s a big deal in this environment. that puts them on the nice list. see if they can carry the holiday cheer, the bipartisan spirit in the new year. we ll see.