in an attempt to jumpstart negotiations. both call it productive but said something specific was agreed on. productive without actual production you might say. prubian congressman drew ferguson sits on the house budget committee. talk to me about this. a government shut down doesn t benefit anybody. it s a political tool sometimes. where are we? well, you re exactly right, harris, it doesn t benefit the american public, not one bit. and i don t believe that we re going to reach that point. we saw yesterday that the house moved very quickly to pass the two week c. r. going forward i think we re going to get a good bipartisan deal to keep the government open. i feel like that our offense is coming together. we have a clear set of goals. look at what the house has done, this year, in terms of passing a good conservative budget, passing all 12 appropriations bills and it s time for the