message to congress just moments ago at a construction factory in maryland. we re 56 hours into the govern want shutdown 59 hours with no end in sight. the house gop will be meeting tomorrow to discuss the strategy over the government shutdown. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks from new york and he also sits on the financial services committee and sir, it s great to have you with me. let s dive in and talk about whether or not house republicans can effort getting a clean, continuing resolution. would you concede at this point, though, republicans have already won the spending fight because not only did they get the sequester, but now the president is calling for a bill funding agencies at a level of $986 billion which is much closer to the level where the tea party faction wanted it. first of all, that shows that democrats are ready to discuss and work on issues and compromise. the issue before us should be about the budget because that s what the continuing resolution do