point. the point of the matter is we were already past that level and now we're in the situation where this is being brought up as an issue. i feel for those who have been furloughed. i'm there with them. but at the same time we have to stick to the facts here, and we've got a month. we have to come up with a big deal. we're faced with a debt ceiling negotiation and whether the president wants to negotiate or not he's going to have to. i'm not sure what's going to happen as long as harry reid says he's not going to come to the table we're stuck. we're going to keep passing appropriations bills, fight iin for the american people. we want fairness, we want the same options we have in congress, we want every american to have good health care but at the same time it shouldn't be mandated to them as we've given all these waivers and delays and exemptions to others across the