that is where we are, quite frankly, on this legislation brought as farar as -- on this legigislationthe debt reduction committee, i think tom gallagher, the analystput it well. we are in a time of negative sum politics. we had the fiasco in the summer about the debt ceiling. it hurt the president, yes, but itit also heard the republicans. -- hurt the replicans. it is going to hurt bh. whatever deal they can come up with, it cannot be fine-tuned. it has to be voted up or down as it comes out of the committee. for that reason, ihink there is hope for action. >> we have movoved from- it i is interesting to watchhe conversation. the politil conversation outside of wasashington hasas moved from the debtrisiss to ththe inco gap, and what that means for resolvinthe debt crisisn the immediate sense i just n't know. >> we can't wait for congngress to do its jobob. if they won't act, i will. and that is why today i am announcing that we are actually going to expedite loans and competitive grant for new projects all across the country that will create thousands of new jobs foworkers like these.