henry clay said this if you cannot compromise, you cannot govern. henry clay, let me repeat that to my friends on your side of the aisle. if you cannot compromise, you cannot govern. now, we are on the brink of bringing the government to a halt. that makes no sense. well, republican and democrats on capitol hill can t even agree about what the disagreement is over at this point. republicans are saying it s about the spending figure, the spending cuts in the bill, while democrats say the deal is being held up because of republican demands to tighten restrictions on financing for planned parenthood. let s get to arizona congressman jeff flake, a member of the house appropriations committee, he s also running for senate in