federal office buildings and passport offices. for 20 years, sixth graders in western massachusetts have traveled to washington, d.c., to see those landmarks. the government is mean. it s not really fair they get to choose how and when stuff doesn t open and stuff. reporter: for those that sent in their taxes by mail, tax refunds may not arrive. the cheetahs and other animals here at the national zoo will be fed even if the zoo is forced to shut down next week. and even if u.s. troops do not receive their paychecks, president obama and congressional leaders will continue to be paid on time. jake tapper, abc news, washington. we ll have more insight into the high-stakes budget talks with george stephanopoulos s exclusive interview with the republican leader boehner later on good morning america. and in other news, fbi chief, robert mueller, says that his agency is on guard against libyan agents who may be operating here and told a congressional committee the fbi is interview
of these negotiations a deal would have been done a long time ago. i disagree. i think leader boehner is doing a great job. he s expressing the will of the american people. they voted in november. they gave us our marching orders. that s what we re up here doing. i couldn t disagree with you more is that he s absolutely listening to the people. we have a voice in our caucus. it s not an iron hand. we get to speak. and the speaker is doing a great job. congressman roe, you are a sponsor of the balanced budget amendment act, a constitutional amendment, it was described this way by bruce bartlett. this is the stupidest constitutional amendment i have ever seen. it looks like it was drafted by a couple interns on the back of a napkin. every senator co-sponsoring this pos should be ashamed of themselves. he says that you should be ashamed of yourself for sponsoring such a simple minded constitutional amendment, congressman. he worked for ronald reagan. that s great that he did. i m gl
congressman roe? when are reasonable voices like yours going to take hold? i would say the tea party folks are very reasonable. the ones i ve talked to out there if you go meet them and talk to them as i have, are just my neighbors. they live down the street. i ve been all over the country as you have. you talk to these folks. they understand they can t run their families like we run the government. they can t spend more than they take in. many reasonable neighbors should get in the place of john boehner because he isn t doing the job leading right now. you can t agree with someone who agrees on a number and walks into a room and goes into your caucus and comes back with his tail between his legs. we need real leadership here. i got to tell you something. if nancy pelosi were in charge of these negotiations a deal would have been done a long time ago. i disagree. i think leader boehner is doing a great job. he s expressing the will of the american people. they voted in november.
when are reasonable voices like yours going to finally take hold? i would say that the tea party folks are very reasonable. the ones i ve talked to out there, if you go meet them and talk to them as i have, are just my neighbors. they live down the street. i ve been all over the country as you have and you talk to these folks, they understand they can t run their families like we re running the government. i have a deal then. maybe some of your reasonable neighbors should get in the place of john boehner because he s isn t leading right now. you can t negotiate with someone who agrees on a number, walks out of the room, goes to your caucus and comes back with his tail between his legs. we need real leadership and it is going to be tough. i got to tell you something. if nancy ploes wri y ploes wri e deal would have been a long time ago. i disagree. i think leader boehner is doing a great job. he is expressing the will of the american people. they voted in november and gave us our
taxpayers. so far the president got international support and other countries are stepping forward. that s what we needed to see. is anything short here of 100% clearly defined description of what we are doing in libya and operation there and the exit strategy specifically? anything short of that, is that acceptable to you? well, i mean, i think the president has to lay out the strategies here. he has to explain to the american people why we are joining the international community and, yes, he has to explain what the endgame is about. there s been at least some confusion as to whether this is regime change or not. i think the president will be very clear tonight to say this is not about regime change. it s about protecting civilian population in libya. let s talk about another major issue that you re having to face and debate on the hill, that is the budget. we ve had these short-term extensions that have been passed or discussed. is there enough political will here with leader b