skirmish is because a budget didn t pass last year at all. the house did not pass a budget last year. that s why we had this funding lapse. we ll now have passed three bills preventing a government shutdown and get something spending cuts. nothing has been passed the senate. we need movement in the senate to prevent the shutdown. on the big issues of the day, we re going from talking about billions to trillions. we have trillions of dollars of problems in this country. and, look, the key deal is this. the sooner we tackle these fiscal problems in america, the better off everybody is. if we don t tackle them soon, then it is bitter european-like austerity. cuts to currency, tax increases that slow down your economy. we want to preempt that. nobody 55 and above sees a change in anything that they are experiencing in their lives. we can do it if we go now. and that s what we re proposing to do. paul ryan. chris lick just said in my ear, i m in love. i m sorry. seriously. give the man