mr. tiberi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. tiberi: mr. speaker, this debate is in many ways surreal. i lived in civic -- civics 101 that the house is a co-equal branch to the senate. members of the other side say, well, this is a compromise. it's a compromise in the senate. not the house. the house has spoken. the senate says, my way or the highway. now, i understand that that's how it's kind of become around here and i know there are friends on the other side of the aisle who are upset with the senate when they've done it on other bills, when they were in the majority. this is enough. the american people deserve better. we need to get back to regular order. we need to compromise between the house-passed bill and the senate-passed bill. that's the way the founding fathers wanted it. compromise between the house, the senate, not between the senate and the senate. for two months, for the american people. that's outrageous. they deserve a year. a full year to have a payroll tax holiday. not two months. come on, ladies and gentleme