stalemate and come up with a bipartisan agreement. >> well, thank you. and, you know, this morning at 10:00 a.m. on the floor of the senate leader reid asked senator mcconnell to come negotiate. the door was open all day. nobody knocked, nobody walked in. and some said well, speaker mcconnell wanted to wait until the house disposed of boehner. but after the boehner amendment was defeated, in a telephone conversation with leader reid i was sitting there, senator mcconnell still refused to negotiate. we will not solve this problem bystanding there and folding our arms and saying i am not talking to anybody. and the nation's future is at risk. republican senators, i have talked to ten today, they want to come to an agreement. but until senator mcconnell