jeremy peters, congressional reporter. senator, let me begin with the first question. the senate passed this week to keep the government running avoiding a government shutdown. it says aboutink the process going forward for negotiations on some sort of grand bargaining? isthe first thing it shows that we passed an appropriation bill even though -- it was called a continual growth -- resolution. it was an appropriation bill. it had very limited amendment opportunities in it. we are seeing input. the house passed it right after we did. we now have some certainty. the problems for a grand bargaining, let me put in context. what we have done and the agencies for have number and on theire handicapped ability to be successful. they can actually manage the jobs that we asked them to do. it has been a horrible over the last few years. , everybodygaining knows it needs -- what it means to be made of. what is hard to get to is the political dynamics in terms of how it affects collections. -- disease dizzily in washington is people care more about the next election than the futur

and in studio, jeremy peters, congressional reporter and kneel, roll call congressional reporter. let me begin with the first question. the house has passed the continuing resolution that the senate passed this week to keep the government running for this budget year, avoiding a government shutdown. what do you think that says about the process going forward for negotiations on some sort of grand bargain? >> well, the first thing it shows is we actually passed an appropriation bill even though -- called a continuing resolution, the vast majority of what was passed were appropriation bills. so it was kind of an omnibus ppropriation bill. it had very limited amendment opportunity. but i think it's a great thing. the house pass passed it right after we passed it. so we now have some certainty. the problem for a grand bargain, let me put in context first. what we have done by the agencies by having them run on crs for 3 years is we have really handicapped their ability to be effective without giving direction and changes and giving them something to plan ahead on so they can actually

councilwoman jackie spears wants a capitol hill hearing on why the military dropped rape charges against jeremy peter goulet and said goulet faced the possibility of a life sentence if he was court- martialed. the charges whether dropped after he accepted a less than honorable discharge. >>> in two hours, house republicans in washington, d.c. will lay out their plan for a new budget the republicans released some details. what did they say? >> reporter: paul ryan is leading house republicans on this spending plan, but democrats are expected to put up a fight. that's because in part republicans are taking aim at obama care, they believe billions would be saved by repealing the law. ryan says reforming aid programs would save billions more. the g.o.p. plan promises to balance the budget in ten years without raising taxes. but they say they are on board with tax reform, closing loopholes and consolidating rates. senate democrats will unveil their budget this week. they plan on raising taxes. the automatic cuts that became law on march 1 are now hitting the military. the demand issued by top marines, when