look this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement is because it's not easy to do. we know we're not going to get

what do you say to folks who are skeptical, who realize this is not one of your budgets, that this is an agreement that compromises and that there are going to be conservatives who say, no this isn't for me? >> i think this is a step in the right direction. what am i getting out of this? i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement is because it's not easy to do. we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything she wants. >> [inaudible] why would house conservatives vote against it? >> i think conservatives should vote for it. i...

national captioning institute] >> house and senate negotiators reach an agreement on an $85 billion budget to fund the government passed a january 15. the bill will prevent another federal shutdown but does not extend expiring unemployment benefits. paul ryan and the senate budget committee chair patty murray for a joint announcement the agreement. this is 15 minutes. >> good evening. i am happy to report that senator murray and i have reached an agreement. we've been talking all year. and this week that hard work of the two of us sitting down and talking to each other all year has paid off. first, it started because we passed budgets. and senator murray deserves credit for passing a budget through the senate. that got the ball rolling so that the two of us started talking. and the reason we're here tonight is to explain what we've agreed to. this bill reduces the deficit by $23 billion. and it does not raise taxes. and it cuts spending in a smarter way. from the outset, we knew that...