We had always been counting on using these four weeks in October to finish up those discussions. The great irony is it is they themselves that are doing it. And Shannon, we cannot lose the simple fact that Their counter proposal to fund the government was $1.5 trillion in new spending. As you noted, they wanted to give money back for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and all sorts of things. (01:20–01:26)
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