deal with the epa and regulatory carbon gases, things like planned parenthood and defunding that, things like the corporation for public broadcasting. speaker boehner said these policy riders are just as important to some of his members as cutting spending. harry reid said that s a nonstarter. that s a huge issue. we also can report that speaker boehner has instructed the house gop to stay around washington this weekend and the possibility they would have to go into saturday or sunday to work out a deal, but in terms of getting something done by friday, just procedurally, it gets tougher and tougher as the hours go by. right now, even the most optimistic people i ve spoken to said it looks like it could be a distinct possibility. we have a long way to go. luke, thank you very much. here you ve got the republicans saying they want to get as much money cut as possible. you ve got the democrats saying that cutting certain programs are a nonstarter. people who specialize in negotiations