that. senator reid understands that. but i think all of us know that we are going to cut spending. bill: so where are we now? dana perino, former white house press secretary and fox news contributor, good morning to you. good morning. bill: it was 16 short years ago, your first year on the hill. first day on the job. bill: perino is here. let s shut the place down. where are we right now? well, how we got to where we are today, which is going to be a vote in the senate to avoid a government shutdown in the next two weeks, how we got there is that john bain e. who i think republicans were gunning for a shutdown, that s what democrats were saying, and republicans are saying republicans republicans were saying democrats would be responsible for the shutdown and john boehner s office, senator reid and senator durbin said that s outrageous, then they find out the white house likes that, they got the call from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to