up-or-down vote. give people the opportunity to show where they are. >> i am game on the up-or-down vote. >> the senate had their up-or-down vote on the jobs plan. >> not on the budget. not on the budget. senator harry reed put it in his pocket and that was the end of that. >> we had a number of votes. we had lots of alternatives, the republican his a budget. we presented a democratic alternative budget. we should be clear. the president submit aid budget to the united states. >> he did. the president submit aid budget. it was senator harry reed who put it in the pocket. >> we had our votes in the house on the republican budget. >> i realize you are in the house. >> just on the issue of today. which is the sending a very clear signal that 98% of the american people should get tax releetch we have a difference is of opinion-- the issue of deficit reduction. we think we should pursue it in a balanced way, like every