Liberal MPs say they could work with Greens on more deals in future Greens leader Christine Milne and Deputy Adam Bandt hold a doorstop at Parliament House after agreeing on a deal with the Government on the debt ceiling. THE government has left the door open to doing more deals with the Greens, following their unlikely alliance on the scrapping of the debt ceiling. Coalition MPs this morning said just because the two parties had previously been enemies in the last parliament it did not mean they could not work together in the future. Liberal backbencher Dennis Jensen said it would be "stupid" to rule out working with the minor party. The point is I think you've got to be pragmatic. I don't believe in politics or really in any aspect of life you should see someone as permanently being your enemy on absolutely everything and view it in that regard," Mr Jensen said. Tangney MP Dennis Jensen. Picture: Ernie McLintock Source: News Limited Sometimes people who on the whole you disagree with in terms of your political view point will have ideas or positions that actually parallel yours and it is stupid to not work with them simply because you disagree with them on other issues. Parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer, Steven Ciobo, echoed Mr Jensen's sentiment and said the Coalition would work with any political party to get their agenda through. The commentary comes in stark contrast to the attitude of the Coalition towards the Greens in the last parliament. Tony Abbott fiercely attacked Labor over its alliance with the Greens and the deals done to secure the carbon and mining taxes. He also labelled the minor party "economic fringe dwellers." Now Labor and the Greens are the ones drawing blows. Greens MP Adam Bandt today said his former allies were only short-term thinkers, driven by opportunism. Moncrieff MP Steve Ciobo. "Labor's short term thinking and opportunism and hypocrisy knows no bounds," Mr Bandt said. Labor created a rod for its own back when it introduced this imported-from-the-US concept of a debt ceiling. Labor MP Kelvin Thomson said he was not surprised about the deal done by the Greens because they never really could be trusted on the economy. He said the minor party had been lured by a "candlelit dinner and flowers" from the Coalition. "From my point of view I'm not really concerned about the Greens in terms of this because from my point of view I've never really thought they have cared about balancing the books," Mr Thomson said. Wills MP Kelvin Thomson. The Coalition secured a deal with the Greens yesterday to scrap the debt ceiling after negotiations with Labor to raise the limit to $500 billion fell through. The bill is expected to go before the Senate around lunchtime today where the Greens will make amendments and it will be returned to the House of Representatives. Pending any Labor referral to a committee it could be passed as early as this afternoon.