it s time once again for another installment of our new all in feature, these are the people who are running the country, which we take a closer look at the very small group of men and women in congress who have shut down the government. tonight we turn the spotlight on a small businessman from oklahoma with a pension for common sense cuts to federal spending and an aversion to bureaucratic red tape. congressman mark wayne mullen from oklahoma s 2nd district. mark wayne mullen covers oklahoma s 2nd district, which covers about a quarter of the state, one of two american indians in congress, and he came to washington as a political outsider to flush out the waste. i m mark wayne mullin with mullin plumbing. you know, we re known for all those red bands that criss-cross all over oklahoma, taking care of all your plumbing, septic needs. if those do with gas, water or sewer, we re your experts in it. he s the real-life joe the plumber, if joe the plumber ever got elected to congres
it s time once again for another installment of our new all in feature, these are the people who are running the country, which we take a closer look at the very small group of men and women in congress who have shut down the government. tonight we turn the spotlight on a small businessman from oklahoma with a pension for common sense cuts to federal spending and an aversion to bureaucratic red tape. congressman mark wayne mullen from oklahoma s 2nd district. mark wayne mullen covers oklahoma s 2nd district, which covers about a quarter of the state, one of two american indians in congress, and he came to washington as a political outsider to flush out the waste. i m mark wayne mullin with mullin plumbing. you know, we re known for all those red bands that criss-cross all over oklahoma, taking care of all your plumbing, septic needs. if those do with gas, water or sewer, we re your experts in it. he s the real-life joe the plumber, if joe the plumber ever
have congress pass a short-term extension of, essentially, spending cuts and some tax revenue as well to try to avoid those deep cuts to defense and domestic spending. they were initially set to start january 1st, they were bumping back to march 1st. well, march 1st will beer here before you know it. house speaker john boehner notes the house has passed more common sense cuts that have not gone anywhere, and he says he does not want a plan that will just be more tax hikes. speaker boehner issued a statement saying, quote: the president s sequester should be replaced with spending cuts and reforms that will start us on the path to balancing the budget in ten years. that is called trying to get ahead of the president. jenna? jenna: that is what that is, isn t it, mike? now, march 1st will be here before we know it, as you mentioned, but valentine s day is next week, right? we can t forget that. reporter: absolutely right. jenna: and i like your wife reporter: i ll call your husband
wow. yeah, wow. [ male announcer ] fidelity investments. turn here. one week if from now the united states government runs out of money. but tonight and for the first time senate democrats are reacting somewhat positively to a new offer from house republicans. that offer would keep the government running for two more weeks. but it comes with budget cuts and this warning from the house majority leader. we hope the senate is going to finally join us in these common sense cuts to keep the government running, and not continue to play chicken with government shutdown. with us now, cnn contributors eric ericsson in atlanta, john avlon in new york and with me in atlanta cornel belcher. one of the benefits of being married to the cnn congressional