After weeks of arguing, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill began negotiations Wednesday on a possible something or other that would do something to federal spending by as much as X billion dollars and end another major crisis.

“We’re all blah blah blahing together now,” Vice President Biden told reporters after a meeting with the typical who’s who of Washington on Wednesday evening. “Obviously, there’s whatever that could vary depending on who you talk to, but it’s going to be something. That’s for sure.”

If approved, it would be the dealiest deal in U.S. history.

Lawmakers in both parties are eager to reach such a compromise, which would fund golf outings, yacht parties, and overdue hooker bills through the end of the fiscal year and end an even larger crisis that has kept Washington operating a few weeks at a time since the foundation of Washington.

The two sides have already agreed on millions in whatever; now, the House and Senate appropriations committees are searching for an additional who knows what to extract from the budget, according to lawmakers and aides from both parties.

Congressional leaders cautioned, however, that no final deal has been reached. The talks could go to hell in a hand basket over disputes about this and that.

“There have been discussions for weeks, and those discussions are still being discussed,” said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). “There’s no agreement, and nothing will be agreed to until everything is agreed to.”

Clearly, it is a historic time to be an American. Stay tuned for even more somethings as whatever comes along.