house hastert. it was a tom delay invention. and people need to know, this is just something they made up. he how can you be bipartisan if you said it s a rule you ve got to have a majority of your party? well, that s exactly right. that s what we re saying. be a leader. take into accounts the interests of the country, not just the republican party in the house. bring it to the floor so they can get a majority vote, republicans and democrats working together. that s what the american people want let s talk about so my concern is that because he might think he s going to put his speakership at risk if he does that before the end of the year, he may be in fact holding out until january 3rd, which is when he s officially sworn in. he has to be voted on by his colleagues as speaker of the house for the next term. so my worry is that he s dragging things out for political purposes. is it possible you could get a deal that s not the biggest deal in the century but good enough