harry reid's prepared to do that.ion to instruct on the floor of the house that's going to be voted on very soon. it was a bipartisan vote that we got on the conference report. there were a number of republicans voted to accept the senate bill by voting against going to conference. we believe that the most rational common sense certainty creating position that we can take now is to take the senate bill, which is a short-term solution, and then work for the next 15, 30, 45, 60 days on coming to agreement on a long-term solution. but people have been watching the congress and that's tough to get done and certainly tough to get done in the short term. and very frankly, speaker boehner sent a bill, a house rf representatives sent a bill to the zent senate that was designed to nail. he knew it was not going to pass the senate. >> congressman, i want -- two things. first of all, scott brown who we mentioned earlier, massachusetts senator, he put out a statement, i want to read it. it angers me that husband republicans would

>>congresista, mire y usted sabe que estuvo aquÍ el senador harry reid en "enfoque" la semana pasada,l dice que ustedes, simplemente por su defensa fÉrrea de que los millonarios no paguen el porcentaje justo que pudieran pagar para ayudar a salir de esta crisis, y que ustedes no estÁn dispuesto a ceder ni un milÍmetro con este tema. >>es totalmente ridÍculo. cuando harry reid y los demÓcratas estuvieron en Él sÚper comitÉ, en el comite ese grande, los republicanos dijeron que ellos estaban dispuestos a tener una cuarta parte del acuerdo que sean impuestos mÁs altos en ciertas personas. ellos dijeron que no era suficiente. era algo como 250 millones de dÓlares en impuestos mÁs altos. ellos dijeron, si no es un trillÓn de dolares nosotros no

you mentioned harry reid and you mentioned the president and generalizing the comments we heard last days, both senator reid and the president feel like they did the work that they needed to do. just explain this to our viewers. there was a compromise reached in the senate, a bipartisan compromise. you had more than 35 votes on the republican side afreeing to the bill. this is what it involved. says that, basically the keystone pipeline deal was in. republicans wanted keystone pipeline deal as part of this they wanted to make sure the payroll tax cut extension wasn't paid for through raising taxes. that also was in. so the democrats compromised on that. why is the deal in the senate not good enough compromise, in the spirit of the fact we know when you compromise you don't get everything you want? why isn't that adequate? >> jenna, the problem doesn't solve anything. says 60-day worth of eggs shun. you asked about the people. what are the people supposed to do trying to budget for their needs and households? how do you budget on two-month increement? this is what we're saying. the on

>>congresista, mire y usted sabe que estuvo aquÍ el senador harry reid en "enfoque" la semana pasada,mente por su defensa fÉrrea de que los millonarios no paguen el porcentaje justo que pudieran pagar para ayudar a salir de esta crisis, y que ustedes no estÁn dispuesto a ceder ni un milÍmetro con este tema. >>es totalmente ridÍculo. cuando harry reid y los demÓcratas estuvieron en Él sÚper comitÉ, en el comite ese grande, los republicanos dijeron que ellos estaban dispuestos a tener una cuarta parte del acuerdo que sean impuestos mÁs altos en ciertas personas. ellos dijeron que no era suficiente. era algo como 250 millones de dÓlares en impuestos mÁs altos. ellos dijeron, si no es un trillÓn de dolares nosotros no estamos dispuestos a negociar con ustedes. ahora, yo no estoy de acuerdo en subir los impuestos a nadie, pero lo que quiere harry reid, Él quiere seguir gastando. estamos gastando 3.5 trillones de dÓlares cada aÑo, 42% de ese dinero estamos teniendo deudas con gobiernos extranjeros... >>la gente que no tiene trabajo, en nuestra comunidad mÁs del 11% de nuestra poblaciÓn estÁ

and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> let's bring back our panel, he graciously stayed here during harry reidy in 2012 presidential politics, mike? >> i think it is inside baseball in washington. what's going to be the biggest issue of 2012 elections is jobs. that's the number one thing. we can spend all the time we want in washington talking about the war in congress and legislation and i don't think the voters really care. this is a big win for democrats. first one they had in congress. can they translate it into momentum for 2012? >> you have the president's state of the union around when the payroll tax expires. it is a chance for mitt romney and newt gingrich to distinguish from each other. gingrich indicated he is willing to weigh into the fights. romney said he is not going to at all. there's an opportunity to lead the gop caucus, show that they'll be a leader or to punt on this all together. i think it hurt romney to be completely quiet on this issue. >> is that silence heard? >> i think so. gingrich is an opportunity to show case what he did as speaker of the house. also, what's he g

but one congressman could upset john boehner's plan to go along, senate majority harry reid is

>> harry reid threw a grenade to the house of representatives and went on vacation. president obama said under no uncertain terms, my way or the highway. president obama has failed to lead. house republicans have tried to negotiate. john boehner was dealt a very difficult hand. this is the problem with washington. we have got to be about the people's business. there are members there that want to be about that business. we need a president who will lead. i will do that. i would call all 35 members back to washington, 435 members back to washington. i talk to businesses all the time and they are extremely upset here in iowa. that is what we need to do. this is complete uncertainty. >> greta: congressman bachmann, good luck on your journey around iowa. thank you. >> merry christmas to you. >> greta: rick santorum picks up a big endorsement. ceo of family based conservative group says they are supporting rick santorum. >> so today, i as an individual is going to endorse rick santorum. i'm going to mobilize whatever resources i have at my disposal to navigate for him. i

did harry reid looked like he needed rehab? harry is like i can't believe my staff wrote this for me andvy to read it on the floor of the united states. >> bob: put out a challenge at the table to come up with a millionaire that created a job. >> greg: what are you talk about? corporation. i could ask you. what foreperson hired anybody? >> bob: a lot. >> kimberly: that doesn't make any sense. >> bob: guy running a shoe shine stand down here has an assistant. i get my shoe shines down there. >> kimberly: this is where you say this is a nation feasting on envy instead of people wanting to be entrepreneurs. what can you give me? what am i entitled to? now i'm mad at the other guy for having it. >> bob: harry is trying to make a point, a statistic we have to argue about. most jobs are created by people who make $500 to $750,000 a year. >> kimberly: whoa, whoa, whoa. bobby. >> greg: that is what it's about? >> dana: it's not about good policy. but making points. they decided that millionaires is what they target. they will run this d

we hear that the president reached out in separate calls to house speaker harry reid. from the capitol hill perspective, john boehner this their phone call, speaker boehner urged the president to call on harry reid to appoint negotiators to this conference that we now are talking with so much about to try to hash out the differences between the house and senate. as you well know, senate majority reid has no intention of negotiating and as he read in a letter to speaker boehner, along with speaker boehner and all congressional leaders and the white house, they want that deal and senator reid says not until they have the assurance that the tax cut will not lapse come january 1. so they are pushing -- he is again pushing as well as the white house, to put -- to push through the two two-month extension. but bottom line, where do things stand? talks are not happening. there isn't any real progress because there aren't real talks happening. both sides are very dug in. they all seem to want the end goal but absolutely talking with each other at this point. >> let us know if t

it's up to harry reid, because the bill is back in the senate. and so if harry reid says that he's not going to appoint conferees, that he's not going to go in and do his job, then he'll have to answer to the american people. >> really? cantor and boehner are complete frauds on this subject. let me give you the number. 39 senate republicans. wow. 3 senate republicans. remember that. boehner wants them to go back to work and, what, get more, get 100? harry reid showed leadership by making the senate pass the two-month extension. president obama, you know what he's faced? he has faced a record obstruction game plan by the republicans since day one. today the president reminded the american people what he's up against. >> nearly the entire senate, including almost all of the republicans, voted to prevent 160 million working americans from receiving a tax increase on january 1st. nearly the entire senate voted to make sure that nearly 2.5 million americans who are out there looking for a job don't lose their unemployment insurance in the first two mo

>> this one is tough for me, but i settled on harry reid.ident at this time saying give me a year of extension, democrats in the house at least saying give me a year extension on the unemployment and harry works out a deal in which that's not what's delivered -- >> how do you blame harry. >> because he runs the senate. >> most of the time -- >> he runs the senate, and the president made very clear what he wanted, and he did not deliver it. >> he did deliver the senate. >> he did not deliver a one-year extension. >> he ran the senate, got the senate vote on the extension on the payroll tax cut, and it was john "cry baby" boehner that -- >> harry reid -- those are fighting words. >> brother ain't showing any moves for the president. >> he delivered the senate. >> the president made clear what he wanted and he did not deliver it. what did the president ask for? >> somebody in a chamber -- >> what did the president asked? we delivered a one-year extension. >> and john boehner who said it was a good deal, couldn't control his tea party caucus and

all for this -- >> karen, you have harry reid not re-opening negotiatings. this isn't of the republican house, it's of the senate controlled -- democrat controlled senate as well. it's both republicans and democrats. >> we're not talking about 100 million americans have fallen below the poverty line. these people are fighting over something that is just unconsciousable. >> there's no question that congress is doing the wrong thing. the republican congress and the democratic congress. >> and president obama. >> one last thing president obama's strong approval and strong disapproval minus 18. strongly disapprove 18 more than strongly approve. >> that sounded like a rick perry moment. >> i feel like i'm back at my thanksgiving table with the two of you. >> strongly approve less than strongly disapprove. >> merry christmas. >> thank you so much. we're going to be speaking with congressman michael grimm from new york in a moment. he's dealing with the hard work that's taking place on the hill. we're going to ask him about what is going on behind the scenes in was

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>>neil: are why they in the hands of the harry reid to bring the senate back, then, if you guys take months, you take a year, come back to doing the year thing and find a better way to pay for it because the republican plan we do not flip over but that is closer to the middle ground to me, it would seem, than what is being talked about now? >>guest: we are saying let's grant that there is no tax increase for the next two months and sit down and negotiate how we do the rest of the year. there are differences of opinion on how best to do that but weigh tonight to make sure there is no tax increase in the next two months. >>neil: can you see the point that has been echoed by you, yourself, this limping along two month extension here and three month extension there, that's the thing that gets to people. >>guest: if they want to agree to the proposal that the president and ors have put forward for one year, we're happy to do that. right now. we suggest that you pay for it with the surcharge on people who earn more than $1 million a year and that portion of their income over $1 million a y

senate majority leader harry reid says this about the back and forth.r mcconnell and i negotiated a compromise at speaker boehner's request. i will not reopen negotiations until the house follows through and passes this agreement," speaking of the senate bill, "negotiated by the republican leaders and power play all righted by 90% of the senate." that is where we are. bring in the panel, david drykrer, for roll call. juan williams, the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer you heard the house majority leader on this show say they are going forward, they are going to push this and see how far they can push senator reid to negotiate on one-year payroll tax cut extension. >> there is the same that certain factions never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. republicans here had a win because keystone pipeline divided the democrats. gave republicans a major policy and put president obama in a box. he didn't go over with the rank and file conservatives. not just the freshmen, but the veteran and the freshmen conservative in house caucus that w

. >> ifill: but senate majority leader harry reid says republicans are balking because they favor the rich. >> every american family will have a $1,000 less to spend on food and clothing and diapers next year except about 350,000 people. and so republicans can continue to try and protect people who earn an average of $3 million a piece. >> ifill: but both sides appear to be edging toward some middle ground. house speaker john boehner today: >> democrats have called for them to be paid for, and so if in fact we can find common ground on these extensions i

is mitch mcconnell in many ways more powerful than harry reid? >> given the cooperation that mitch mcconnell has been able to engineer a month republican colleagues in the senate they do have a veto with a majority party would like to do. this can lead to universal gridlocked meaning that not much is getting done. in fact, very little has emerged from the sand over the past year. but it's hard to say who is more powerful. most legislation that passes innocent has to clear both parties. clear the process by which they discover that there is sufficient support to move forward on the floor without running into problems spent mitch mcconnell got a lot of press when he said a couple years ago that his job was to make sure that barack obama was a one-term president. it isn't that his job? >> it is. the president opposition's job to do that. they see that as their roles just like the presidents fellow partisans, their job is to champion the president's agenda. these institutions do not work in isolation from one another. >> dr. lee, is a safety say that

and this vote does not allow harry reid to force it down. this is what harry reid said about the house republican bill this morning on the senate floor. >> the house has sent the house yet another bill that won't pass. as it is a republican fallback play, and wasting special time, and going to tea party extremists instead of compromising with the democrats. >> and part of what reid believes is a reach-out to the tea party extremists and to get more of to house conservatives of the house on board with the plan is the part of the provision of the gop bill to force the president to decide whether or not to construct the keystone pipeline within 60 days of the bill being passed. that is an issue that is deeply divisive in the democratic camp, because many say it is good for the economy, but the environmental group says it needs more study. and there is opposition in nebraska and sort of the not in my backyard spirit of things, but thomas, where do we go from here? it is wednesday and we are at the crux of a huge delay in terms of how the senate

[applause] so, -- and harry reid. i was fortunate because i had a republican senate. harry reid is a totally partisan democrat who arrogantly -- they pass a bill and leave the city. by what right does the senate decide they are the designers of america's future, and they leave? i think every center of the be told to go back to washington and get the job done, pass a year-long bill, get stability, and let's move to something new. but we look embarrassingly incompetent as a country and i can tell you of the three key players, boehner, harry reid, and obama, i think boehner has had the most coverage and has been the most willing to do the right thing and the other two have been not only zero help but destructive, while candidly manipulating the press to make boehner look bad. it is dominant religion. it barack obama believes he could have another 365 days of manipulation he completely underestimated the ability of the american people to see through fraud and understand the corzine macro -- model of free enterprise does not work and the obama model does not work, either.

listen here to senate majority leader harry reid from last night right after the house vote. >> the bill just passed by house republicans tonight is say pointless partisan exercise. the bill is dead on arrival. it was dead before it got to the senate. the senate will not pass it. the sooner we demonstrate that, the sooner we can begin serious discussions how to keep taxes from going up on middle class americans. >> reporter: now senator reid said very much the same thing today as he was speaking on the senate floor even going as far to call it a useless partisan charade, kyra. there is likely to be a vote on this house-passed measure in the senate today.

we get that but harry reid says that he followed john boehner's request. so saying this, when we met last week speaker bone e boner reque that we work out a compromise. so it is sounding a little bit like what the house has done here is a bit of a political move. isn't a two-month extension better than americans seeing a tax increase? >> well, of course, i don't want to see anybody's taxes go up on december 31st. i think a two-month extension while it sounds good, of not of course increasing taxes is only kicking the can a little bit down the road. i'm very concerned do we have the capability to recalibrate our computers and will it make that much of a difference. what they need to do in washington, sit in a room. the president and speaker and the senate majority leader and get this done. they did do it. they should put the posturing aside and theatrics aside and say what can we do best with the american people. that's why people are so disgusted with the leadership in washington, it seems like they are throwing sand. they need the responsibility to do the

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we need to have harry reid and senate to come back to washington, d.c. and the president by the constitution can recall them back here to finish. we're going to reaffirm that we voted last week, one-year extension that was paid for, not a gimmick that harry reid and senate democrats and republicans passed that is not paid for and if we can't have an agreement between the house and senate we're going to name confer ees for the house and come to resolution on this. we're not going to rest until its over. >> greta: so interesting that nancy pelosi is saying that it is just radical tea party republicans. is it just the freshmen republicans that are engines behind this? or all the republicans on board and house of representatives to hold out for a year instead of two months can be worked out? >> everybody in the house conference but i can tell you the s&p downgrade, you heard everybody liberal head call eight tea party downgrade looking for someone to blame for their failures. what you see what is happening right now, harry reid and nancy pelosi are playing p

a point made by the majority leader in the house early today. >> it is up to harry reid to make sure the houses are not going you. a year is what everyone wants. we can get there. the differents are not that great. >>reporter: it feels like the parties are miles apart. >>shepard: thank you, mike, from capitol hill. fox news is america's election headquarters. today, the swords are out on the campaign trail. the republican presidential hopeful going after gingrich in negative campaign ads. gingrich pledged he will not go negative as a campaign tactic. carl is following it you will. governor romney is saying if you cannot stand the heat, get out of this kitchen. >>carl: not essentially but saying that verbatim and we reaped a point with the iowa caucus in two weeks and the new hampshire primary in three months with all facing the world and american voters the candidates are arguing about ad strategies and romney has more money, a super pac that is supporting him but is independent of the campaign and has been pouring millions of ads on to the air in iowa going after gingrich who d

senator harry reid is doing the same. lookingoing -- we're for to extending the tax cuts and making sure the unemployed are not put at risk by falling off the rolls and we are very pleased that 48 million seniors will have the confidence that their medicare will continue to compensate their doctors so there you will be available for them. this is a good day for the american people. the american people's voice was heard. their concerns were heard and we have responded. i also want to congratulate president obama who showed great leadership in this effort and articulated to the american people what was at issue here in the congress of the united states. i am pleased that we have come together to make this agreement. this is a good christmas present, a good kwanzaa present, a good hanukkah present for america and we will go forward for -- from his point of understanding our work is not yet done and we intend to do it in a constructive, bipartisan fashion i will now yield to mr. javier becerra, the vice chairman of our caucus

>>justine: right now harry reid is talking, we want to listen in. he is addressing carol tax cuts. ice >> does this set you up for a battle about extending the payroll tax cuts? >> i think the first thing we will do is get the appropriation bills done. i have instructed my staff that the senate democrats will get together and there is a schedule that will come up with for the next session. >>reporter: this bill will reduce the duration by 20 weeks. will this hurt negotiations for your lawn? >> we have had people who have spoken loudly about cutting back, but this is something we could not get done otherwise. we will come back and revisit that. i want someone who works every day >>justine: we were listening to senate democratic leader harry reid, more on this story coming up. stay with us. >>mark: onto bay area weather and traffic. let's get an update on the forecast. far--really cold weather, especially in the north bay. we are well below freezing. here, you see santa rosa is at 26. we have nevada and naphtha off at 25. livermore in the upper 20s as well. oakland is below freezing.

the one caveat here is that harry reid at the behest of president obama has said that he will not move a bill to fund the entire united states government which runs out of funding on friday, december 16th, until they figure out what to do with the payroll tax cut holiday. that is a real issue here on capitol hill that's going to be interesting to see how voters decide which side comes out on top. republicans are now saying, look, democrats have accused us for the last six months of trying to hold the government hostage. they are now doing the same thing. republicans are now emboldened after their vote, chuck. honestly the first real win that the gop leadership has had all year on a substantial budget bill where they didn't have massive defections and even picked up ten democrats. >> right. >> they are now thinking because of the keystone pipeline provision, idea to build the pipeline all the way from canada down to the gulf for oil, has split democrats and environmental labor unions, they now can change the narrative no, longer being the payroll tax cut but energy policy. >> what's goi