partner whereling we can start bringing these of bills to the senate floor for a vote to solve america's problems, to get our country moving again. we're going to finally have to start making the tough decisions. he is going to finally have to start confronting really serious problems. a do you envision republican-controlled congress with the pressure to veto legislation or take a strong position on things that you have been sending him that the senate has not been picking up? >> absolutely. it puts pressure for him working with republicans and democrats. and a lot of old focus on the divides between these. our colleagueso they do not seem to have much of a relationship with a lot of our rank-and-file members on the democratic side. the president has not done a good job of trying to build any kind of relationships with congress to get wings done. problems areo many unanswered. people are hungry for solutions. we have a lot of really good ideas. many going for the graveyards in the senate. that changes next year. it puts pressure on the president to get engaged with these problems, to wor