craig kaplan, or capitol hill producer tweeting about nancy pelosi. and a letter, a members letter she has just released. here's what she says. pelosi letter to the house democrats, ahead of the budget deal vote. republicans do not have the votes to pass this caps bill on their own. house democrats have a voice here and we must be heard. these are the reasons that i am voting against this bill. that is from the democratic leader of the house. the ranking member on the budget committee, john yarmuth, craig kaplan tweeting, john yarmuth will vote yes on the budget deal if democrats cannot support this kind of compromise, congress will never function. here's where things stand. the senate as of yet has not taken up the measure just yet. we expect them to do that shortly. you can follow that coverage of course over on c-span2. when they complete their work, if they pass the measure, it will be going over to the house first to the rules committee, and then to the house floor. it will be -- it will include the budget deal that was announced yesterday by sen

the house, an update from our capitol hill producer, craig kaplan, reports the house has been in recess subject to the call of the chair since 12:53 p.m. but is coming back at 4:15 p.m. for two more votes on small banks and rural telephone quality bills before recessing again. still waiting senate action on government funding and the budget deal bill. of course we'll have live coverage of the house here on c-span, live coverage of the senate is going on now other on c-span2. any updates to, any briefings, we'll try to get those on as well. speaking of which, we'll take you live to the white house, expecting to hear from the deputy press secretary shortly. host: again, live inside the white house briefing room for the daily briefing. it was scheduled to start at 2:30. it was then pushed to 3:15. it's still delayed. we're not sure exactly why. when it does get under way we'll hear from deputy press secretary raj shah. press secretary sarah sanders is handling other business. while we wait, the clock is continuing to tick on temporary government funding that runs out at midnight. remarks f

craig kaplan sending out a tweet -- the funding deadline is midnight tonight. senate followed by house plan to pass stopgap funding government through march 23 to a shutdown. mike is next, huntington, indiana, independent line. go ahead. caller: i do not think they should pass nothing until they get this settled, this budget, because that is what we hired them for. if they cannot pass a budget, they ought to cut their pay until they get a pass. stopping do you think funding to the government is the best way to do that? i don't thinke they should stop paying the government. they should fund it. if the debt goes up, say we are , nobody drop everything is getting a tax rebate. we will go to a flat tax and everybody will have to suffer if we add to the debt. those guys would quit spending stupid money. host: woodridge, illinois, republican line. caller: i have several comments. they cannot fill a bust in the house. what nancy was doing was calming down the illegal immigrants so they don't march in front of her house. that is my opinion on that. thatmade a deal on a