this is dave kemp the chairman trying to lay a marker down. he leaves the chairmanship because he's term limited out. max baucus his partner on the democratic side in the senate now ambassador to china is trying to say this is the culmination of the process and start a discussion that will go on for years. >> john harwood, thank you very much. >>> another legislative battle is raging in arizona. governor jan brewer has until the end of the week to decide whether to approve a bill that some say would allow businesses in the state to discriminate against gays. proponents say the bill protects the religious freedom of business owners. but as scott cohn reports, the biggest backlash is coming from businesses. >> reporter: opponents of senate bill 1062 say it gives businesses a license to discriminate. >> it feels like it opens the door for discrimination in a huge broad spectrum the way the bill is written. >> reporter: the bill doesn't use the word discrimination, nor does it use the word gay. in two pages, it simply guarantees people and busines

there were fireworks when chairman dave kemp suggesting that irs regulations were drafted privately as a way to attack the conservative groups. >> i am sure that means hidden from the publicment would you agree if the treasury and irs fabricated the ratione for the rule change it would raise questions about the integrity of the rule- making process. >> i want to you to get the documents you need. >> he is not spending a lot of time looking back at what went wrong in the irs. he said the fix and investigations under way will take care of. that he is trying to lead the tax collection agency forward. >> thank you, mike emmanuel. so the question is, will the irs be able to restore the american's trust. what must the tax agency do? >> in the meantime. yet again, the path of a powerful storm. there is snow and sleet and freezing rain. we have it all, right? >> yes. >> travel is treacherous. >> and a big drug bust. the a cowed someone on the right side of the law and thousands of criminal cases are compromised. >> senate republicans say they have an alternate plan to obama care. allowed him t