mr. charirman, i have a suggestion. hopefully tomorrow, that in the meantime the senate as -- prepares an offer on the second tier issues, not drugs, not ged and so forth, which we could then share with the house. it would be my hope we meet tomorrow, that the house is in a position to accept it or with modifications or what not. at least there's some -- make some headway here on the off er. >> that would be a positive first step and we look forward to seeing that proposal. >> we're about to vote over here, but i think the vote has not been called. not yet. but just -- about to go. anyway, i make that suggestion. we are prepared to make an offer for the house and you have it before tomorrow's meeting if we meet tomorrow. and have a timetable. >> okay. >> we're glad to look at them. there are some issues on some of them we need to talk them over. >> well, i think it's -- to make headway we'll prepare a good faith offer. >> we look forward to receiving the senate's offer. we can continue to discuss this issue or we can mo