in the crossfire tonight, senator jon tester and roger wicker. we expect the senate to approve the budget deal tomorrow. we know the old saying. i could have come up with a better deal myself, but there was somebody sitting across the table. you can tell how much the economic debate has moved to the far right when paul ryan, the guy governor romney chose to be his running mate, the guy who he showed, to show off his severely conservative credentials, well, let me just tell you, paul ryan is now seen as the reasonable moderate deal maker. the republicans keep moving the marker. senator wicker, you know, there's a little fight right now in the republican party. i'm giviing s.e. a couple aspirins. i'm going to move to something stronger as soon as jon tester will give me something. >> everybody voted for it over there except for about 40 votes. i admire paul ryan. i wanted to make him vice president. and i think he'll make a grade president. >> amen. >> i think john boehner's done a good job with a very tough crowd. here's what i don't think they th

joining me from montana, jon tester. he is an excited guy. look at that smile on his face. sir, let's talk about this, because can this congress really dig itself out of its hole? this 113th congress, if we look at the record, has passed just 1% of all introduced legislation into law. that's the lowest percentage of laws passed in the last 30 years. so in your opinion do you think this budget deal is a turning point? >> well, i hope so. i mean bottom line is, is this kind of meets the criteria. it was a compromise. democrats and republicans both worked together on it. patty murray and paul ryan worked for months on this and came up with something that as previous speakers have said, it's not perfect by my estimation either, but i think that's what compromise is about. it's about everybody giving a little bit, coming up something that will work for the country, something that will put the country on a more predictable basis and reduce the deficit. and so i think it's -- i think it's a reasonable proposal to put forward and that's why i voted for it. now, does that mean that

it's not perfect, but we should be proud of. >> there we go. >> in the crossfire, jon tester and senatornow you don't like this deal, but there are a lot of people in mississippi hurting right now. why are you going to oppose this good bipartisan deal? >> let me say, i liked your lead in. my friend lindsey graham knows how to turn a phrase. and i, this is a compromise. i e

joining me from montana, jon tester. he is an excited guy. look at that smile on his face.