it is not to say they're not lots of negotiations still to be done, including things like .olicy writershere is also, i would add, even before we get to that point, a more immediate deadline facing lawmakers to once again, either extend, or finish, the surfacersial report on transportation. there is no shortage of things that have to be done within the next two weeks. the thing they have to be careful about is make sure they do not accidentally take too long doing anything, and then have a shutdown. host: you hinted at this, how many working days between now and the end of the year? guest: that is a really good question. as few as 10, probably. is whendecember 11 everyone would probably like to be out of here. a possibility that they work through september 18. that might be likely. certainly, no one wants to get closer to christmas. christmas falls on a friday this year, so ideally they would like to take the entire week off. thanks a lot. guest: thank you. to your calls,ck take a look at your level of security, as you shop online. under748-8000 for those 30. (202) 748-8001 for those 31

it is not to say they're not lots of negotiations still to be done, including things like .olicy writers there is also, i would add, even before we get to that point, a more immediate deadline facing lawmakers to once again, either extend, or finish, the surfacersial report on transportation. there is no shortage of things that have to be done within the next two weeks. the thing they have to be careful about is make sure they do not accidentally take too long doing anything, and then have a shutdown. host: you hinted at this, how many working days between now and the end of the year? guest: that is a really good question. as few as 10, probably. is whendecember 11 everyone would probably like to be out of here. a possibility that they work through september 18. that might be likely. certainly, no one wants to get closer to christmas. christmas falls on a friday this year, so ideally they would like to take the entire week off. host: news wa the house is back tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. they have to come to some agreement on highway funding by the end of the week. on senate is tamara

duffield.have stephen stephen is vice president for .olicy at crossroads gps stephen worked for senator jon the john roberts nomination and confirmation. he will discuss the expectations asarding judge roberts'role chief justice at the time he was confirmed in 2005. next, we have jan crawford, who is the chief correspondent for cbs news, and also a graduate from the university of chicago law school. courtvers the supreme regularly and published a book in 2007. she is going to speak about how justice roberts tenure has coincided with public expectations at the time he was confirmed. we are also joined by the partner. mike has argued numerous cases court.the supreme he will discuss some of the hot button issues that have arisen 's 10g chief justice' year. last but not least, we have professor michael paulson. he is a professor at the university of st. thomas school of law. he has written extensively on constitutional interpretation. he is knowledgeable about the court's religious freedom. he will offer some thoughts on the direction the supreme court might take during the next presidentia

it increases the politicize a shin of monetary .olicy if you have a more rules-based i think that makesnetary policy .ess political >> we are talking about washington, regulatory changes. >> i think out here is where politics comes into play. quite likely if there is a republican president. one of the principal differences -- and itary policy could have developed the other way. nothing necessarily saying this is republican rather than democratic policy. an important element of republican thinking is it occupies rule space. if there is a republican president i think there will be a new chairman of the fed. i think you would see a significant change. >> hillary clinton would like to see a double down on dodd-frank. if there is a republican president can we see something like dodd-frank repealed? >> dodd-frank repeal is difficult at this point but i think you will see significant changes. there many aspects of dodd-frank. i don't think dodd-frank was ambitious enough. and other forms of regulatory policy. >> you are the former undersecretary for domestic finance. you have to be paying atte

it is not to say they're not lots of negotiations still to be done, including things like .olicy writers there is also, i would add, even before we get to that point, a more immediate deadline facing lawmakers to once again, either extend, or finish, the surfacersial report on transportation. there is no shortage of things that have to be done within the next two weeks. the thing they have to be careful about is make sure they do not accidentally take too long doing anything, and then have a shutdown. host: you hinted at this, how many working days between now and the end of the year? guest: that is a really good question. as few as 10, probably. is whendecember 11 everyone would probably like to be out of here. a possibility that they work through september 18. that might be likely. certainly, no one wants to get closer to christmas. christmas falls on a friday this year, so ideally they would like to take the entire week off. host: news wa >> all present having business before the supreme court of the united states are admonished to come near and give their attention. >> coming up on "