a mÍ no me engaÑa harry reid, no me engaÑa la izquierda. y yo sÉ que...sa que puede lograr los votos antes de que terminen esta sesiÓn legislativa. >>yo lo veo difÍcil realmente. para mÍ lo que mÁs me gustarÍa serÍa que se concentrara en la economÍa y en el desempleo para los hispanos, que estÁ al 12%. para mÍ esa deberia ser la preocupaciÓn mÁs grande como comunidad. la educaciÓn tambiÉn es muy importante. asÍ que me gustarÍa que se concentrara en eso. >>pues, don israel ortega, editor de heritage libertad, muchas gracias por estar con nosotros.... >>a ti. gracias. >>..en "enfoque". ¿y ud. quÉ piensa de esta entrevista? comparta sus opiniones con nosotros, sÓlo tiene que ir a: por cierto, puede ver Ésta y todas las entrevistas nuevamente, las puede compartir con sus amigos en: una breve pausa para la publicidad, y regresamos con "el sueÑo americano". [♪] pñ [♪ tema musical ] >>continuando con "enfoque", desde washington. cuando se escriba la historia de la lucha por la legalizaciÓn de jovenes inmigrantes indocumentados, los nombres de 4 jÓvenes estudiant

he's allowing nancy pelosi and harry reid to set the agenda. he has from the beginning.s. he didn't stand up and say no, take those earmarks out. let's roll the tape first. >> our earmark system what is called pork barrel spending in washington is fraught with abuse. it badly needs reform. i pledge to slash:#okx earmarksy more than half when i'm president of the united states of america. i'm not going to tell you what i'm going to spend, i'm going to tell you what i will save. we will go through the federal budget page by page, line by line eliminate programs that don't work. senator mccain talks about earmarks. no doubt the system needs reform and things we spend money on that need to be eliminated. >> sean: first bill he signs 9,000 earmarks into law. he said he would eliminate ear marks. nancy pelosi, harry reid put it in there. he didn't have the courage to say i won't sign this bill! he seems to have no strength. he seems weak! >> sean, again, i think the president has proved that when he entered into a agreement with republican leadership on most important seminole

he used to have to stand side by side with nancy pelosi and harry reid. they led health care and he followed in health care and now i think it's going to be easier for him in many ways to carve out his positions and to lean on them. >> on the gay marriage issue, when he takes this position in favor of civil unions, not gay marriage, politics were different. today, barack obama is to the right on gay marriage of dick cheney and ted olson who won the bush-gore case. and young general race who he needs to motivate. on his ability to drive the agenda, you saw two different tactics, you saw on the tax cut working out a deal with the republican leadership. on the start and on don't ask, don't tell, working around the republican leadership and getting enough republicans on board. he is testing out in a test- driveway. gwen: loophole he could drive a truck through if he believes there could be action. he might change his mind but he is not going to go out there and force it. >> he seemed to be a more liberated president in this post-election period. after the fir

if not, they really need to apologize to harry reid. this is a horrible way -- let's put up demint's comments. this is a horrible way to go into a new congress, questioning another man's faith. we should be jamming major arms control treaties up against christmas. it's sacrilegious and disrespectful. this is the most sacred holiday for christians. they did the same thing last year. they kept everybody here until christmas eve to force something down everybody's throat. i think americans are sick of this. >> the white house will say in response to that is they've had the s.t.a.r.t. treaty for many, many months. they had time to work on it. the last one took three days. it was different. they can get it done. they don't want to. >> senator demint has said he wanted to read allowed the entire treaty on the floor. the argument you don't have enough time to get to it except you have time to read for 12 hours. >> that is offensive, the idea you would waste time like that. >> mika, i was talking about this yesterday, that this is one of the wa

basically trying to make the sounds that would actually help empower harry reid and the democrats in the senate to get a slightly better deal as the bill was moving toward passage in the senate? >> lawrence, i'm not sure what the motivations were that were -- that was the motivation. people on my side of the aisle in the house are frustrated. they didn't like the process, they didn't like the final outcome, they didn't like the compromise. i did -- and i think for the people i represent and the people of the state of nevada, this is the way you balance it, it's a far better deal than we would have if we don't have anything at all. i'm all for it, and i'm all in, and i'm going to do everything i can to see that the house votes the senate version an we get this thing done. i can't imagine starting next year if we don't do this, what's going to happen to the people that i represent. >> when you speak to the people you represent over the holidays, and some of them, obama voters are discouraged by what they think is an obama defeat in giving up on this top tax bracket in this negotiation.

and ran against harry reid and harry reid was given up for dead and she made possible for him to win his race. thank you, sharon. >> i am going to give this to the entire democratic party. because in defiance of the american people, they rammed through a number of big government, big spending, high tax, anti-growth poli >> tough competition. among several people. snapped by the jaws of victory. paladino as well. he really, every time he opened his mouth, it got worse and worse for him but he rest of us >> worst politician, mike castle of delaware. the ultimate sore loser. a career politician, who ran for the republican senate nomination, against a nov is, christine o'donnell. o'donnell won. get this. castle then refused to endorse o'donnell, the party's nominee. he denounced her to the press. mike castle, worst politician of 2010. okay. most defining political moment. pat? >> bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. which became barack obama's katrina moment. and brought him down to a point, when he has never yet come back. >> eleanor? >> oh, i don't think it was anywhere near the katrina

like senate majority leader harry reid, aka the albino ray sin w raison who stole christmas. >>> the tax cut is law. the drama on capitol hill is by no means over. the focus is turning back to the senate where lawmakers are debating s.t.a.r.t. today and will be coming in for a rare saturday session to take up don't ask, don't tell and dream act. democrats are scrambling after republicans outplayed them on the omnibus spending bill. news correspondent and nbc's capitol hill correspondent luke russert is joining her. we've got both sides of the hill covered. kelly, first to you. what happened last night with the omnibus spending bill? >> harry reid thought he had agreements privately with enough republicans to pass the 1$1.1 trillion bill which would fund the agencies of government through the whole fiscal year. it was a very biggs project. something they worked on for other than a year and also inclusive for 6400 earmarks and many defend them as important. so he thought he had the votes. well, mitch mcconnell had been working his side very hard and it turns out they didn't have the ne

this is how harry reid set it up originally. he said it actually was the constitutional right of members of congress to spend your money. >> we have a constitutional duty to do congressionally directed spending and i don't want to give up that responsibility. i can't understand why some of the more conservative members here want to give up their power. i don't understand that. >> well, maybe you don't. we think judge andrew napolitano will be with us this hour to tell us whether or not harry reid is accurate in what he just said. you know what you really have to call this, what happened with this gigantic pork laden spending bill, this is the tea party takedown. this shows that the tea party, the impact of the tea party will be felt long past november. you have three senators to thank for this. tom coburn, also john mccain who was on this program yesterday and jim demint. yesterday, john mccain was on this program. and he talked about how they were willing to read the bill page by page. also, they were ready for a government shu

those complaints prompted a rebuke from harry reid on the senate floor yesterday. reid noted that many of those fortunate enough to have a job don't get a two or even a one-week break off at christmas. they must work through the holidays to make ends meet. later that day, vice president biden came to reid's defense. his concern was the senate's delay on passing the widely supported s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >> don't tell me about christmas. i understand christmas. i've been a senator for a long time. i've been there many years where we go right up to christmas. there's ten days between now and christmas. i hope i don't get in the way of your christmas shopping, but this is the nation's business. national security at stake act. >> joining me now, the democratic senator 23r colorado, michael bennett. on my calendar, christmas is december 25 and my calendar also notes that chris eve is december 24. the world christmas actually doesn't appear anywhere else on my calendar. it's not on the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th. in your senate kallcalendars ist word christmas there for two week

joe lieberman and harry reid and great leadership from steny hoyer and nancy pelosi. am overwhelming confident we will get rid of this. >> representative barney frachk, thanks for your time. >>> everything is going fine in afghanistan. the withdrawal starting next july might be a withdrawal that doesn't start until 2014. other than that, it's an excellent report the president revealed today. >>> on this date in 1961 was born a visionary who had everything but time. dead two months after his 32nd birthday. his work defined by his conclusion. that the work is defined like a ride at an amusement park. the bill hicks clip of the week. >> it's just a ride. we can change it any time we want. it's only a choice. no effort, no snob job, mow money. the eyes of fear want you to buy bigger guns and lock your doors. >> on what would have been bill hicks' 49th birthday. let's play "oddball." >>> to the internet. oddball's continuing coverage of people breaking stuff. after getting through the first two boards with ease, he moves to the round dlft house. he leaps up. but he didn't

just make one quick phone call to harry reid and say did you miss what happened november 2nd?was not good for us but you have to get the earmarks out of there. i want them out of there. if the president says so, i think they'll be out of there. there are a lot of earmarks for the actual lame ducks. it's a lame duck congress but for guys -- >> who won't be there if january. >> this is their last gasp to get the -- he had some from indiana and my favorite was money for mosquito trapping research. >> bret: there's a long list. we'll list some here. first of all, the aflcio training programs, a million dollars by senator harkin. you mentioned representative baron hill from indiana, $2 million for citizenship education. a center to improve public understanding of congress. there's the bart stupak oklahoma -- bj stupak olympic scholarship. fuel allowance, senator bunting, 2.4 million republican. old taylor road roundabouts, $500,000. senator wicker. i'm not sure about old taylor road. it may need roundabouts. ort pod damage control. senator mccain is headed to the senate floor to ta

>> harry reid nailed it. folks, this is why harry reid won re-election i mean he will not back down and having to work after christmas may be a shock to the washington establishment but i don't think that any americans are going to be crying for them this year. joining me now is former congressman tom tancredo. tom, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks. >> who's right and who's wrong in this? should it be the senate schedule or should it be the work of the people? >> i think i tell harry, me thinks thou thus protect too much. they were hyperbollic. it's 'tis the season to be jolly and in washington it's always the season to be hyperbolic. both sides do it. both sides employ it to pull this little you know dust-up over the christmas holiday thing. >> who started it, tom? tom, who started it? you've got the s.t.a.r.t. treaty out there. you've got don't ask, don't tell. you've got finances. and here are the republicans when you've got 15 million people out of work. here are the republicans crying about, t

look like no one is bringing home the bacon, senate majority leader harry reid abandoning this trillion dollars spending bill late last night in the senate. it was packed full of earmarks from both democrats and republicans. the decision getting mixed reaction on the floor. senator john mccain has the gavel. you hear mark kirk, the republican, newly elected from illinois, in the background, and then the democrat from missouri, claire mccaskill on this. listen: >> just as the most junior member for those who are not understanding just what happened, did we just win? >> i think there's very little doubt that the majority leader of the united states senate would not have taken the action he just took if we didn't have 41 votes to stop this monstrocity. i don't think there's any doubt about it. >> so for economic conservatives, a 1924-page bill just died. >> 1924-page bill just died. >> and 6000 earmarks will not now move forward. >> yes, and i feel badly about some of those earmarks because i had so much fun with them! >> they should have said before this bill ever came to the floor and th

joe lieberman and harry reid and great leadership from steny hoyer and nancy pelosi.i am overwhelming confident we will get rid of this. >> representative barney frank, thanks for your time. >>> everything is going fine in afghanistan. the withdrawal starting next july might be a withdrawal that doesn't start until 2014. other than that, it's an excellent report the president revealed today. [ coughing ] [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffles ] [ male announcer ] not sure what to take? now click on the robitussin relief finder at robitussin.com. click on your symptoms. get the right relief. ♪ makes the cold aisle easy. ♪ the robitussin relief finder. it's that simple. [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. naturally colorful vegetables are often a good source of vitamins, fiber, or minerals. and who brings you more natural colors than campbell's condensed soups? campbell's.® it's

joe lieberman and harry reid and great leadership from steny hoyer and nancy pelosi. i am overwhelming confident we will get rid of this. >> representative barney frachk, thanks for your time. >>> everything is going fine in afghanistan. the withdrawal starting next july might be a withdrawal that doesn't start until 2014. other than that, it's an excellent report the president revealed today. [ s. greenlee ] i would love to have been a musician but i knew that i was going to need a day job. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. >>> on this date in 1961 was born a visionary who had everything but time. dead two months after his 32nd birthday. his work defined by his conclusion. that

>> harry reid didn't have the votes.out six or eight republicans had said they would vote for it, and mitch mcconnell got them in a room and said you don't want to be voting for this because this is going to to do a lot of harm to the republican party, and they rallied to his side, and harry reid just couldn't pass it. jon: it reflects some of what happened november 2nd, people are ticked off about spending. >> yes. as the president likes to say, we know, elections have consequences, and that was part of the motivation here, for the republicans not to upset a lot of their base voters. jon: so where do we go from here? is it the slightly smaller bill, the supplemental that's going to get passed? >> looks like there's going to be a bill that extends funding for the government temporarily into the year, 30 be days, 60 days, but then republicans will have to write the bill with the new congress for most of the funding for 2011. jon: paul gigot is editorial page editor of "the wall street journal." tune in to fox news channel

harry reid said he will pull the $1.3 trillion omna bus spending bill intended to fund the government. republicans complained it was loaded with $8 billion in pork projects, so-called earmarks. here's a list of all the bay area members of the house of representatives and money they had requested for their projects. it totals $1.8 billion. as you can see, napa congressman mike thompson headed the list with more than 300 million requested. that money now will not be coming to the bay area but harry reid said he will bring two other bills up for a vote. he wants to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" and he wants to pass the dream act. both those votes scheduled for saturday. in the news room, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:37. a san francisco dmv worker accused of using personal data to send a threatening letter to the home of a transgender woman has resigned. he resigned on wednesday. in october 23-year-old amber received a hate mail and religious dvd just days after visiting the dmv to change her gender on her driver's license. he had been on paid administrative leave since the incid

this year harry reid had to cut off 84.u know, it's -- they've taken something that's incredibly rare and they've now turned the institution into a supermajority institution. and you just can't govern with supermajorities. it's just not going to work that way. >> people get nostalgic for the arm twisting effectiveness of lbj, when you realize what he was up against, one filibuster versus 84 for harry reid, it puts harry reid in a brighter light. there is a reason the filibuster exists. the senate values the preservation of the rights of the minority for making their views known and having legislative effectiveness. is there a way to preserve that while stopping the breaking of the institution? >> i think there is, rachel. i real believe in the rights of the minority. really the way the filibuster used to work is there was respect back and forth between both sides of the aisle. republicans and democrats. and you would say to the minority side, well, if you want to take the time to be heard, to put your viewpoint out there, t

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republican senate leader mitch mcconnell came, but democratic leaders nancy pelosi and harry reid did not, though there were other key democrats there. the president acknowledged this had been a tough compromise for some in his party to swallow. >> candidly speaking, there are some elements of this legislation that i don't like. there are some elements that members of my party don't like. there's some elements that republicans here today don't like. that's the nature of compromise. yielding on something each of us cares about to move forward on what all of us care about. >> reporter: this is a massive $857 billion tax package. it extends the lower tax rates enacted under george w. bush for two more years. it extends long-term unemployment benefits for 13 months. and the estate tax is capped at 35% and kicks in for estates over $5 million. the president said he believes the bush tax rates should expire for the top earners and they'll have a chance to fight on that again in two years, just in time for the presidential election. >> savannah guthrie at one end of washington. now remember

s>> barack obama and harry reid played politics on this.now how many hearings there were on the dream act in the last years? zero. no amendments passed. they failed to get cloture. is that a way to pass serious legislation? is this bill so perfectly dreamed up, so to speak, three years ago we shouldn't have debate on committee on it in the normal mark-up and testimony from experts? it's a come mycated matter deal -- complicated matter dealing with the immigration. it's political gamut to make republicans look anti-hispanic. i don't think it will work. >> it was political deal by republicans to make devils out of anybody who has come to this country, it's a country of immigrants and that their children of parents who served in the military are not allowed to be citizens. it's anti-american, bill. the talk show host, the right wing talk show host would beat up any republican who supported a realistic effort. >> usually legislation, there is hearing and mark-up and expert witnesses. none of it. political attempt to jam this through. >> chris:

we were just listening to harry reid talking about earmarks.ending bill is packed with millions and millions of dollars of earmarks. didn't the senate problems just promise not to use earmarks? explain. >> that's why passing this bill has become so difficult. republicans requested the earmarks that are in this spending bill before they took the pledge not to support earmarks. they also say in that pledge they promised no earmarks in the next congress, not this congress. still, tea party activists say this smacks of hypocrisy. they threaten tho fund primary challenges to any person that votes for this bill. >> we will go after them. yes. we will not accept it. we will not accept it. there's all kinds of pork in there. >> when she says we'll go after them, she is talking about republicans. they'll go after republicans who vote yes on this. this would be a tricky vote for anyone in office right now. >> let's name names, shall we? i have a list of some republicans who i believe were part of that pledge. mitch mcconnell, he has inserted $86 million

he wasn't happy, harry reid about being referred to as the grinch.on't need sanctimonious lectures from jon kyl and jim demint to remind me what christmas means. this is -- you picked up something that is disastrous, we are so wrapped up in omnibus bill, so wrapped up on the tax bill, don't ask, didn't tell, dream act, what you're pointing out, omnibus bill, everything else. what are they trying to do in the lame duck session days before they are out of power? >> it amazing the lack of restraint and just how out of control these extremists are in washington. that is what they are, and need to be called out as, radical extremists trying to shove as much pork in the case of the omnibus public landfill, green pork, down our throats before the new session takes place. i'm calling this particular thing an omnibus double whammy. you have the 2,000 page omnibus spending bill that was dropped yesterday. lurking in the background this more than 300 page omnibus public lands bill which is a huge land grab buy the radical greens. they've been pushing this for m

>>neil: we are hearing that senator harry reid will bring the omnibus bill to the floor at 6:00 p.m.onight, in a little over an hour and senator demint, we told you of the tea party supporters gathering outside his office will urge a trigger on reading the 1,924-page bill that could conceivably take 50 hours. get ready. we are if for a long waited. ♪ oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. ♪ [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. >>neil: i love those trees. they look like missiles. and i am back great the mall. not a moment too soon. what are you doing? i am ashamed of you. have not one of you heeded my shopping tips all these years? guys, you are pa note issues, shopping with no purpose and a total embarrassment to your gender. not a moment to soon, a christmas tree branch extended to you to make it right. and make you right. yes, it's time for my annual christmas shopping tips for men. no music, just that. each year i get angry e-mails from women saying,

. >> bill: senator harry reid angry because some republicans don't want a wasteful spending bill. the debate may continue over the christmas holiday. we will tell you how crazy this situation is. [shouting] >> following in the footsteps of san francisco an individual american is now suing mcdonald's saying their food is dangerous. megyn kelly with details. >> alaska. america's last frontier. >> you can see russia from here. -- almost. >> bill: in sarah palin's tv and book exposure helping or hurting her in the political arena? the governor will be here. caution, you are to about to enter no spin zone the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another outrage by congress and what cue do about it. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. if the feds don't pass a new spending bill, the government might shut down in a few days. i say good. these pinheads need some time off. the "wall street journal" says this is the worst congress in modern history and the folks seem to agree. new gallup poll says 13% of americans t

now, just moments before that statement senator harry reid pulled the corrupt spending bill from the senate floor. of course, while i was bloviating, i had no idea. but reid did. he knew that once the honest media got ahold of the bill, he was toast. just to refresh your memory, the bill allotted about $10 million for a foundation honoring the late congressman john murtha. $8 million for a ted kennedy institution. 36 million more for the corrupt public broadcasting corporation bringing that outlet up to 500 million bucks a year of your money. there is no way we are going to stand for that kind of waste. total pork about 9 billion in the bill. so reid is humiliated, not that he cares, he doesn't. but the country is obviously wising up fast. the u.s.a. now owes about $14 trillion and the head of the fed ben bernanke says we better start paying that debt down or there is going to be a fiscal disaster here as there is in california right now, in greece, and in ireland. that brings us to people who feel the government owes them stuff, riots throughout europe this week have demonstrated th

megyn: you agree with harry reid then?hat's what we were sent here to do. >> it was renewable energy, tax credits for renewable energy, money that went to -- megyn: right. and it was taxpayer money for blueberry research. >> well, you can pick out all those things -- megyn: i know, we did. >> the maple syrup stuff is good for the economy. megyn: you can make an argument that each one of these is a worthy argument, but why do the taxpayers need to pick it up? >> reporter: pause they're contribute -- because they're contributing to the main economy as a whole. megyn: $10 million for a john murtha memorial? >> again, you can pick out some of the pork, but the overwhelming percentage of this stuff would have been good for the economy and pumped even more money back into it. i'm not anti-earmark. megyn: so you say it was worth it. >> yes. megyn: sorry for your loss. >> i don't think i lost anything. given when you weigh that against -- sorry, my loss. when you weigh that against the tax victory and what i think is a second stim

boy, these guys are unbelievable. >>> up next senate republicans say that they're mad at harry reid for threatening to keep the senate in session around christmas. they're saying reid is disrespecting christmas because he wants to hold a vote on the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty before christmas, and reid says the republicans who are just trying to run out of the clock, let's get into that fight next. you're watching "hardball." >>> wikileaks founder julian assange has arrived in london where he will remain under bail but under house arrest as he fights extradiction in sweden. >>> the federal reserve is considering imposing on transaction fees. >>> back to "hardball." it's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you're a u.s. senator, who may be working straight through christmas, i guess. republican senators jim demint and jon kyl have been protesting democrats who want to vote on the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty with russia and other legislation in the next two weeks. here's senator kyl on tuesday. >> it is impossible to do all of the things that the majority leader laid out with

>> harry reid, congratulations. >> look. >> first of all, a democrat in this republican year, we told was up against. here is a look at what our friend john ralston called reid's terminator-like single-mindedness. >>. >> what do you call a candidate who says the way things are going, the time may be coming for second amendment rem chills are. >>'s crazy what she is actually talking about is armed resistance. >> she says she would phase out social security. that it's like welfare. >> she say it is you have been raped, you should be forced to have the baby. sharron angle, just too extreme. >> way too extreme. >> sharron angle, views so extreme, she can't tell you the truth. >> i don't think harry reid ran one positive ad. i do vaguely remember one very version early before he had a republican opponent but it was -- it really is unbelievable because what shocked me more was not just him winning thafsz he got over 50% of the vote. >> amazing turnout operation, too. so coming up, going to reveal our picks for worst campaign of 2010. and explain the super scientific methods we used in term

majority leader harry reid has the power, if he wants to use it, to bring it to the floor for vote as early as tomorrow. senator reid's office says it's likely going to happen late next week. meantime, opponents of the repeal and of ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. nuclear arms treat is angry at the plan to keep them in washington next week and it touched off a food fight seems like you only can have in washington, d.c. only this time the senators who don't want to miss out on their vacation are bringing christianity into the argument. >> it is impossible to do all of the things that the majority leader laid out without doing frankly without disrespecting the institution and without disrespecting one of the two holiest of holidays for christians and the families of all of the senate, not just the senators themselves, but all of the staff. >> senator jim demint echoed that argument telling politico and i quote, we shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against christmas. it's sacreligious and disrespectful. what's going on is wrong. they did the same thing last year, they kept eve

megyn: that's what harry reid said. americans don't have a two-week holiday for christmas. jon kyl said we need to go home and see our constituents. >> a huge debate is going on over this omnibus bill. only reason it's being debate now is because democrats didn't do it the entire year. the only reason they didn't do it was they didn't want to highlight it before the election. so to blame republican delaying across particulars for the democrats' own cowardice on that ... megyn: ... >> there has been a lot of strong language. one of the things that could get held up in this. it's the start treaty. you hear religious leaders saying we should be working towards peace and passing legislation that will contribute to peace in the world. >> i don't loom for arms control advice. even the russian, there is no reason to pass this thing in the next two weeks. it's another way to avoid will of the people has represented about it new congress. megyn: what has the republicans the most upset about having to come back before and after c

>> harry reid can get just about anything he wants on to the floor of the senate.is the majority leader and he knows how to make those things happen. and if this doesn't get to the floor of the senate, it will be because harry reid did not want to get it there. er to thing i'll mention about don't ask, don't tell, is that if the president really does want it to pass the senate, then he probably should start calling members of the senate, the democratic caucus. and he did not call joe manchin. if it does get to the floor of the senate, i'll be surprised, i hope it does, but if it does, i hope that president obama will start calling senators and really making an effort to put it through. that's how we'll know it's not just game playing. >> ezra klein, what are you hearing from the white house about what they think they need to get out of the lame duck session in addition to the tax bill? >> primarily the tax bill. i don't think the white house expects a dream act or don't ask, don't tell to be brought back in the senate nor to pass if they are. the white house feelin

. >> according to a spokesman for harry reid a vote on the issue will not occur until next week at the earliest. the senate will begin debate on the s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty after voting to move forward on the measure yesterday. the 66-32 vote was well above the simple majority threshold needed to proceed. this marks a pretty significant step for president obama who is now on the verge of a major foreign policy achievement. however, progress on the legislation came in the midst of vocal opposition from some republicans including senators jon kyl and jim demint who tried to force a reading of the entire legislation on the senate floor in an effort to delay debate. south carolina republican demint said we shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against christmas. i it's sacrilegious. they did the same thing last year trying to force something down americans' throat. i think they're sick of this. from joe biden. >> the s.t.a.r.t. treaty finally on the floor of the senate but not without one republican senator threatening to read every last word in that treaty and another sena

harry reid has said this is one of the many things that harry reid wants to do at the end of the session before they go home for christmas. they believe one of the reasons that republicans are holding up the s.t.a.r.t. treaty is to run the clock out so they dent have time in the senate to do the don't ask, don't tell. and the latest developments until take a listen. >> we work hard to negotiate the agreement and let it fall victim to either delay or defeat. >> we are going to stay on top of the development and the different pieces of legislation. want to go to jack cafferty who is looking ahead to the new year. jack, lots going on in congress but we're being looking to january, huh? >> maybe not as much as you think. >> okay. >> as the country continues to suffer from the troubled economy, there are signs, few and far between, signs, nevertheless, that things may be looking up. it's slow going but there is glimmer of hope. it's remaining about a job, unemployment he are mains stubbornly high. 9.8%. the economists have a more optimistic outlook for next year. they are predicting 3% gdp gr