steven dennis from earlier giving us an update on the budget impasse here in washington. the house is in a short recess. they are coming back around 10:30 a.m. eastern time to vote on a nuclear security funding bill, the one bill on the docket today. they will be back tomorrow at 9:00 eastern time. live coverage of the house continues this morning. in the meantime, we are taking your phone calls and getting your thoughts on the latest from republicans, extending the debt limit while the two sides compromise on other issues. linda in illinois. democratic caller. thank you so much. i love c-span. proud thatll be so our legislative session can be , to make your own decisions, straight from the horses mouth. i will say, i hope i representative, holmgren, please talk and try to get this shutdown over with. the house is like watching the fog or collect -- foghorn leghorn cartoon. it needs to end. independent caller. angela from grand junction. caller: i have been listening to the media and watching your show. i am hearing a lot of the social security people questioning whether

steven dennis. >> mr. president, could you talk a little bit about budget process. in the past you've negotiated along with the debt ceiling with the blue dogs for instance in 2009-2010 along with an increase then [indiscernible] fiscal commission. the republicans today are talking about another communicate how are differences over the next few week. is that something you can talk about on the side not something that could get concession but something that's a format forgetting a deal done. >> here is the thing i know speaker boehner has talked about setting up some new process or some new super committee or what have you they can work through whatever processes they want but the bottom line is either you're having good faith negotiations in which there's give and take or you're not. now there's already a process in place called the budget committees that would come together right now, democrats have been asking for 19 months to bring them together. make a determination how much should the government be spending next year. the appropriations committees could go thro

president -- >> steven dennis. >> mr. president, i'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about budget process. in the past you've negotiated with, for instance, blue dogs in 2009 and 2010 along with a debt ceiling increase then including a form. you name add fiscal commission. the republicans today are talking about let's have maybe another committee that would work out our differences over the next few weeks. is that something you could talk about on the side, something that wouldn't necessarily be a concession but something that could be a format for getting a deal done? >> here's the thing, steve. i know that speaker boehner has talked about setting up some new process or super committee or what have you. you know, the leaders up in congress can work through what processes they want, but the bottom line is either you're having good faith negotiations in which there's give and take, or you're not. there's already a process in place called the budget committees that could come together right now. democrats have been

steven dennis. >> could you talk about project process. in the past you negotiated along with the debt ceiling with the blue dogs in 2009, 2010 along with an increase then. pay as you go reform. the republicans today are talking about let's have maybe another committee that would work out our differences over the next few weeks. is that something that you could talk about on the side, something that wouldn't necessarily be a concession but something that would be a format for getting a deal done? >> here's the thing steven. i know that speaker boehner has talked about setting up some new processor some new super committee or what have you. the leaders up in congress can work through whatever processes they want. but the bottom line is eermg you're having good faith negotiations in which there's give and take or you're not. there is already a process in place called the budget committees that could come together right now, democrats have been asking for 19 months to bring them together, make a determinati determination, how much the governm

>> steven dennis. >> mr. president, wondering if you could talk a little bit about budget process. in the past you've negotiated along with the debt ceiling with the blue dog, for instance, in 2009-2010 along with the debt ceiling increase then a pay as you go reform. you named the fiscal commission. the republicans today are talking about let's have maybe another -- [inaudible] maybe that would work out our differences over the next few weeks. is that something that you could talk about on the side, something that wouldn't necessarily be a concession, but something that would be a format for getting a deal done? >> yeah, i -- here's the thing, steven, i know that speaker boehner has talked about setting up some new process or some new supercommittee or what have you. you know, the leaders up in congress, they can work through whatever processes they want, but the bottom line is either you're having good faith negotiations in which there's give and take or you're not. now, there is already a process in place called the budget committees that could come together right now, democrats

joining us is steven dennis. we should not call them negotiations, should we?uest: it depends on the meaning of the word negotiations and what they are negotiating about. the president has made it clear many times that he will not negotiate over some kind of ransom. he has been open to talking about setting up a budget process, some kind of framework, for getting a bigger budget deal done. that seems to be where they are going. opening he provided a few days ago at his press conference, and it is one they thereontinued to put out as a way to give republicans some assurance that the negotiations would be real and substantive and cover the issues they want to cover. the real question is not just the short term debt deal, which is starting to look more and more like something that is cake, and whether they can reopen the government on tuesday after the holiday on monday. that is something that, if you are taking the temperature on capitol hill, there is enormous political pressure on republicans to find a way to reopen the government. two major polls in the last t

steven crashen is emeritus professor of education of the university of southern california. dennisesident of the national education association, the nation's largest teachers union. good to see both of you. dennis, let me start with you. why are we seeing so much opposition to common core? >> you know, it really confuses me. i think the standards are -- they're well-written, there are fewer than they were and they're so important. when people are opposed the first question i want to ask is have you read them. secondly, if you read them, is there something in there that shouldn't be in there? or is there something missing? and the last question i want to ask is if you don't want common standards for all of our students so they know what's expected of them, what's your alternative? do you believe that 50 different sets of standards in 50 states is somehow better for students? i doept. >> steven, is your opposition to the standards to the idea of a national standard, or is your opposition to these particular standard? >> my opposition is to both. >> okay. >> the common core standards