said, stop, do not try to do anything in the senate until we get the tax cuts resolved and senator john cabell who is my counterpart on the republican side basically has said, do not try to bring up any other issues. we will hold everything hostage until we get this done. we agree it has to be done, but to think that the senate will do nothing while the negotiations are underway seems like a colossal waste of time. tavis: so what is going to happen? >> the senators on the republican side have it within their power to initiate filibusters'. i hope they have a change of heart. i hope the negotiations produce something we can vote on. tavis: what is going to happen on the tax-cut issue? >> i am not sure. we need to extend a tax cut for working families, some 98% of americans are not millionaires. those folks need some assurance in their lives that the tax cuts they enjoyed this year will be around next year. it is a great boost to our economy for that money to be in their pockets and spent by these families. i think it is important step and i stand for that. i think we need to extend unemployment

have not seriously engaged in making any concessions are any deal making particularly with senator john cabell who is a man with a pedigree when it comes to nuclear issues and the leading figure in opposition to the treaty as it currently stands. he signaled, and i think certainly the senator himself and the representatives have suggested in particular on upgrading missile defense investments and making a serious investment in the modernization of the nuclear infrastructure, not just for the purposes of the tabling a test ban, but actually modernizing the infrastructure in the event, i think it is a reasonable price. but the obama administration having governed keeping 60 senate votes in mind up until this point has reached the juncture where it needs 67 votes and cannot get them. senator kyl is likely to have more influence to get more of what he wants in the coming session of congress. i would say there is very little incentive for senator kyl to reach an agreement unless the obama administration is willing to move the needle pretty substantially and make more commitments, and the president

have not seriously engaged in making any concessions are any deal making particularly with senator john cabella man with a pedigree when it comes to nuclear issues and the leading figure in opposition to the treaty as it currently stands. he signaled, and i think certainly the senator himself and the representatives have suggested in particular on upgrading missile defense investments and making a serious investment in the modernization of the nuclear infrastructure, not just for the purposes of the tabling a test ban, but actually modernizing the infrastructure in the event, i think it is a reasonable price. but the obama administration having governed keeping 60 senate votes in mind up until this point has reached the juncture where it needs 67 votes and cannot get them. senator kyl is likely to have more influence to get more of what he wants in the coming session of congress. i would say there is very little incentive for senator kyl to reach an agreement unless the obama administration is willing to move the needle pretty substantially and make more commitments, and the president himself