host: russell berman is a congressional reporter for "the hill." guest: congressman, i want to get you to talk more about your view of the role of the rsc. holdat you're trying to do speaker john boehner's feet to the fire before bills get to the floor? guest: you saw the way rsc operated last week. you saw our leadership do the right thing last week as well. i have been impressed with our leadership's willingness to allow -- and you are following this city -- this open process of that we have. not only is bringing this -- amendments to the floor, but within the conference. we have seen as play all relative to the continuing resolution which will fund the government. the appropriations committee was working appeared good start. good piece of legislation. we thought it should be a little bit better. we thought we could get to $100 billion in savings. to the leadership's credit, they moved there. i think you're seeing is played out in the way it is supposed to, where you are -- take your best shot, bring your best argument, and if you can carry the d

send us a twee joining us on the phone is russell berman, a congressional reporter with "the hill" newspaper. what got accomplished late last night in the house? what is on the agenda for today? guest: the key thing the house accomplished overnight was to complete the reading of the 359- page continuing resolution to fund the government. as they finished reading the bill, there will be a series when they come in this morning, starting as early as 9:45 a.m., therll a series of about a dozen votes on amendments from the reading of the bill. through the day, they will have the votes on the remaining amendments that were stacked at the end of the bill. it is going to be a marathon day of voting on amendments. they hope to complete the bill sometime in the late afternoon, but it could go into the evening. host: how many amendments to the bill to fund the government through september of this year have been allowed? guest: so far, there have been votes on, i believe, 21 in terms of a roll call votes. they also have had a series of bills by voice vote. there remains to be 12 or 13 this morning. the