presidents of the united states would listen to him carefully. but, i want people to know, that i am going to be committed to ensuring that the american people get the deficit reduction they were promised. reporter: across the aisle, democratic congressman becerra is singing a slightly different tune. we ve got to move forward. they give us $1.2 trillion in savings and there is a smarter way to do it than with triggers and you start shaving away the responsibility to make the cuts in savings, guess what? you are in a worse hole a year from now than today. you have to have discipline. and i believe the super committee was set up to try to avoid the harsh results of automatic triggers. reporter: again as of now we don t know of any plans to get everybody on the super committee in the same room, any time, before the deadline. eric? eric: and talk about the deadline, they ll vote, what, by wednesday? when is the actual deadline to try to get it all done? reporter: if they want th