republicans wanted in terms of the cr level. we re talking about $980 billion give or take. the democrats wanted a little over $1 trillion. that s a significant difference from what democrats prefer. part of this is the art of negotiating. unfortunately, i think, as you have seen, you can t negotiate with a party. i ve said this so many times, that can t seemingly agree amongst itself what its position is. the house republicans can t agree on what they re going to vote for, as you heard the congressman just mention. the fii want both of you to with me. congressman, john boehner is a good friend of yours. i want to talk to you about the pressure he s facing right now. be right back. i was made to work.
here are two men who have been insiders during the negotiations like this. the former press secretary for congressman darrell issa and the former dccc spokesperson. welcome to you both. good to be here. thanks. how heated is it behind the doors? the house this morning over to the senate harry reid saying it is dead on arrival. it will ping back to the house we think. it will ping back to the senate and then go back. right now i don t think there is a lot of activity on capitol hill which a little scary. i think what will happen so the senate will make it a clean cr and people should understand that this is the cr level that republicans voted on. it is at the sequester level. it will go back to the house. i am not sure that there is time though for us to avoid at least a short government shutdown. i don t see how we avoid it. there is there has been