michele bachmann's the teacher and she's got a class full of extremist clowns to help educate the new members of congress. >>> and this just in, moments ago, don't ask, don't tell passed the house. you won't believe what some republicans on the floor were saying about gay americans. that's coming up. >>> but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. president obama is one step closer to having his $858 billion tax compromise with the republicans become the law of the land, and right now nancy pelosi is the only person in the world that can stop it. now earlier today the senate voted overwhelmingly to pass this package by a vote of 81-19. remember that number, 81. only 13 democrats, five republicans and bernie sanders voted no. now the senate support for these tax cuts i think is pretty staggering. let me show you this. compare it to this. in 2001 the bush tax cuts passed the senate by a vote of 5-33. and in 2003 the second round of these tax cuts passed 51-50. that of course is when dick cheney broke the tie. it's kind of funny, isn't it? i mean this means that president obama d

congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota has been named to the intelligence committee. what -- what genius, howard, thought this was the perfect match? >> i have no comeback. i just think that speaks for itself. >> it really does. >> let's to the president today in that signing ceremony. i thought it was interesting that speaker pelosi was absent. >> well, kind of interesting. >> low profile on purpose? >> maybe. she did after all, in the end, facilitate the passage of the compromise. >> sets the schedule. >> and if she -- >> didn't want her fingerprints on it. in 1984 when the democrats wiped out 49 states, remember mondale? speaker o'neal took a backseat for a couple of months. sometimes it's smart for leaders after a bad whopping, to step down for a while. >> nancy pelosi actually was pretty invisible over the last couple of weeks. she insisted on keeping the role of democratic leader. nobody challenged her. but as soon as she wanted, she disappeared. >> it's very smart, politically. whatever her role has been. perhaps in forcing a lot of those people to vote for leg

congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota has been named to the intelligence committee. what genius, howard, thought this was the perfect match? >> i have no comeback. i just think that that speaks for itself. >> it really does. >> okay let's go to the higher ground. let's go to the president floyd that signing ceremony. i thought it was interesting that speaker pelosi was absent. >> well, kind of interesting. >> what does that tell you, it's low profile on purpose? what would you call it? >> maybe low profile on purpose. i mean she did it after all in the end facilitate the passage of the compromise. >> she makes the schedule. >> right she sets the schedule. >> but didn't want her -- >> and put her pedal to the metal. >> 1984 when the democrat got wiped out 49 states, remember mondale? speaker o'neill took a backsee the for a couple of months there and even though not his fault sometimes it's smart for leaders after a bad whooping to sort of step down from the profile world for a while, just smart politics. >> nancy pelosi actually was pretty invisible over the last cou

that's a safe position and michele bachmann who chairs the tea party caucus also does not like the tax. you never know what to make of her. michele bachmann is out there on the right away from any establishment dealings to lame base whatever's going wrong or right. >> in the end, this is going to pass because as you know, wasn't there a congressman from pennsylvania whose advice to everybody was vote for every tax cut and every spending bill. in the end -- >> jimmy burke in massachusetts i believe. >> excuse me. >> my hometown. >> in the end, in the end, members are going vote for tax cuts and especially for one that -- >> how does a republican vote against a tax cut for the richest people? >> they're not going to. what will happen here is that the leerds in both parties will make sure they have enough votes to get the thing passed then they'll let everybody else dribble away who wants to make a statement. >> that's what i think, but that's so cynical. a it's called the corral. let's explain. you're bob -- what's his name? i can't remember the name. boehner. and you're in steny hoyer.

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minnesota's michele bachmann who chairs the tea party caucus also does not like the tax deal. you never know what to make of her. start with her for fun, howard. michele bachmann is out there on the right safely away from any establishment deals so she can always lambaste whatever's going on or going right or wrong. >> we should say, chris, that in the end this is going to pass because as you know, wasn't there a congressman from pennsylvania whose advice to everybody was vote for every tax cut and vote for every spending bill? you know, in the end -- >> actually it was jimmy burke in massachusetts i believe. jimmy burke. go ahead. >> excuse me. >> one of my hometowns. >> in the end, members are going to vote for tax cuts and they're especially going to vote for one that does have the -- >> how does a republican vote against a tax cut for the richest people? >> they're not going to. >> you want that on your permanent record that you voted against the tax cuts? >> what will happen here is the leaders in both parties will make sure they have enough votes to get the thing passed

i think michele bachmann wants to be on the ways and means committee, probably will be at some point.i know you're not big of the tax side. but what about these porkers out there? all these guys that seem to love your votes, thune, cornyn, mcconnell. they have all have their santa claus bags to go home with. >> we have to strip all the earmarks out. it's an outrage. there's 6,600 earmarks in there. it's a republican and democratic problem. i think we should do a short-term resolution and get all of that garbage out thereof and deal with real spending reform come january. >> you're new the new juice. why don't you make these republicans do what you guys sell, matt. >> that's exactly what we've done with the house republicans -- >> you have not done that, matt. all these fat cat republicans, every one of them is pushing pork so they can get re-elected. they're doing it and laughing at you guys. >> senator mcconnell is leading the charge against this omnibus pork bill. >> and getting his pork while he's doing it. >> not if we kill the bill. >> okay, okay, thank you. going around the corn

plus, michele bachmann has just been named to the intelligence committee. l lizz will have something to say about that but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the hostagetakers of the republican party got $9 billion in ransom and now let's see if they will have the character to let the american people free on the job front. now the party of no just got everything they wanted when the president signed the tax compromise bill into law earlier today. >> both houses of congress have now passed a package of tax relief that will protect the middle class, that will grow our economy, and will create jobs for the american people. the legislation i'm about to sign is a substantial victory for middle-class families across the country. they're the ones hit hardest by the recession that we've endured. they're the ones who need relief right now. and that's what's at the heart of this bill. >> you got to hand it to the president, he worked it hard. he managed to get an extremely controversial tax bill through a fractured congress in less than three weeks. spea

. >> well, here's what the profounder of tea party said about michele bachmann not getting a slot on ways and means. quote. it shows that leadership doesn't particularly support her. congressman walker, you know the inside and how it works. does fame on the outside help you get a big job on the inside? she's got a lot of fame or notoriety if you will and she's very well known. we love having her on this show when she comes on. i love sparring with her. she's a great partner to spar with, but that doesn't seem to be helping her with the inside guys. >> well, it's more than simply being a spokesman on the outside that works inside the process that determines what you do on committees. and the steering committee has to weigh a number of things. and i think in picking the people they did for the ways and means committee they did a pretty good job. people who are going to stand up for lower taxes, for more dynamic economy, for economic growth and that's what we have to have on the ways and means committee? is she is a showhorse, not a workhorse? >> no, i wouldn't say that. i think that sh

. >> minnesota republican michele bachmann repeopled this untruth, based on one comment, unnamed indianicial told an indian publication. $200 million a day, more than the cost of the war in afghanistan. the white house and previous administrations call that apparently made-up figure crazy talk and politifact called it untrue. alan grayson ran this tv ad about his opponent. >> why submit yourself to your own husband. >> reporter: which is not true. grayson was taking the words of now congressman-elect webster out of context. webster had cited that bubbly call husband as one husband should not pray for. >> and she can pray that if she wants to but don't you pray. >> florida republican governor electric scott was more fortunate. he withstood politifact's rating of that penalties on fire lie to win. while charlie rangel also survived a pants on fire labeling for saying an ethics report on his congressional trip exonerates me. it did no such thing. nor was the florida democratic party truthful when it claimed that former republican congressman bill mccullum, quote, voted to dismantle social

conservative justice scalia will give a talk organized by tea partier michele bachmann. now, she and her supporters have been very vocal opponents of the new health care law which is sure to end up before the high court. his talk is not about that and is not open to the public, though, or to the press. let's bring in our company. patrick gavin, former domestic policy adviser jami floyd and princella smith. all right, now, we have to understand that it's not out of the ordinary for justices to give speeches. they do that. but then there are a couple major questions here and, jami, let me ask you the first one. does this create a conflict or at least the appearance of a conflict of interest? i know you vetted supreme court nominees before. is there a problem not only as michele bachmann sponsoring this talk, but she's on one of the briefs arguing against the health care law. >> and i think we all agree and we should probably put this on the table that this health care law will end up at the supreme court. we have justices from different circuits disagreeing which gets you

congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota has been named to the intelligence committee. what genius, howard, thought this was the perfect match? >> i have no comeback. i just think that that speaks for itself. >> it really does. >> okay let's go to the higher ground. let's go to the president floyd that signing ceremony. i thought it was interesting that speaker pelosi was absent. >> well, kind of interesting. >> what does that tell you, it's low profile on purpose? what would you call it? >> maybe low profile on purpose. i mean she did it after all in the end facilitate the passage of the compromise. >> she makes the schedule. >> right she sets the schedule. >> but didn't want her -- >> and put her pedal to the metal. >> 1984 when the democrat got wiped out 49 states, remember mondale? speaker o'neill took a backseat for a couple of months there and even though not his fault sometimes it's smart for leaders after a bad whooping to sort of step down from the profile world for a while, just smart politics. >> nancy pelosi actually was pretty invisible over the last couple

out they might not really know the constitution as well as they said they did congresswoman michele bachmann who is founder of the tea party caucus in congress said that she's planning weekly meetings to teach law makers about the constitution and bachmann is really excited about her first guest who's going to teach constitutional law listen as she tells lou dobbs on his radio show about her a list headliner we're going to do with the n.f.l. does and what the baseball teams do going to practice every week if you will our craft which is studying and learning the declaration the constitution the bill of rights just a school leader has graciously agreed to kick off our class hour before we cast our first vote in congress. that's right supreme court justice antonin scalia is going to teach the law makers of the constitution but is that really his job should a sitting supreme court justice who hears cases based on laws set by congress actually be teaching those lawmakers about the constitution isn't there just i don't know some kind of a conflict of interest there not to mention appointed to the

or are you on the jim demint/michele bachmann side that is i won't vote for anything without a spending because it raises the estate tax? how do you see it? >> this process is one of the most reprehensible processes i've seen passing a budget and tax bill in 27 years i've been this washington. >> indeed. >> americans should be appalled by this. remember, people are forgetting, at least people in washington are forgetting. we had an election 45 days ago. what people voted against was exactly what this lame duck congress is doing. what did they say in the election? stop spending and stop the bail-out. they act like the election didn't happen. they have 50 democrats now in the house who have been voted out of office, who are voting for all the earmarks. >> all right. how would -- >> i'm just so disgusted by the process. >> how would you vote? >> on the tax bill, on the tax bill, i would vote for the bill because i agree with ron paul. we have can't allow the taxes, the tax bomb to detonate on january 1. or it would jeopardize double-dip recession. you know what? if the democrats take this

i have ron paul, too, and michele bachmann, so you have every kind of political persuasion you could want. >> "capitol hill cooks" is the name of the book, linda bauer is the author from the white house. congress and all of the past presidents. >> coming up, thomas allen presents a history of torrey americans during the american revolution. the author recounts the torrey strongholds of new york and philadelphia, the civil war that took place among the american populace and the migration of 80,000 tories most of whom left for canada. thomas allen presents his book at the library of congress this in washington d.c. it's 40 minutes. >> i'm not supposed to have to plug the library of congress, but it's inevitable. a few years ago i got a call from an historian at the cia whom i had met when i'd been working on the george washington book about intelligence in the revolutionary war. and he says the library of congress is something you might be interested in, call this number. and i thought, wow. maybe the cia really does that -- [laughter] people who, you know, just like in the seven cays

michelle bachmann is not the only republican who is against this tax deal which as you know, republicanstend the bush tax cuts. now, the bill going to the floor for a vote today, but congressman mike pence also saying he will vote no on this bill. he says extending the the tax cuts permanently would be the only way to go, the only way that he would vote for it. good morning and welcomeo welcome to congressman mike pence. >> how are you? martha: i'm fine. a lot of people look at this situation and say republicans have said over and over the democrats are not willing to work with them, democrats say there's no way we will extend bush tax cuts for the wealthy, they went, many will say, half way, they say we're going to extend them for two years, so how come republicans can't get on board with that? >> look, that's a fair question and i want to acknowledge, this is a tough call. you know, i spent the last week really, you know, reflecting on this decision, because martha, as you know, i've been championing the effort for the last six month toss make sure that no american sees a tax increase

i think that was a significant victory for the republicans, because they said, as michelle bachmann saidarlier, republicans seem to have gotten the message from what voters were trying to say in november the democrats didn't quite learn it but they learned it the hard way this week. >> greta: we knew when the fiscal year began october 1st, it begins the same time every year. this idea that we have to go into over time and do the mad scramble. we have this drama, burning midnight oil and they can get it together. senate majority leader he is the architect of this whole schedule, has to pull it. i think it is profoundly disappointing. at least in early of how the process should work. >> right. i think it was the first congress that had not produced an outline of a budget in years. maybe ever. senator senator reid had his hands full this fall where he had his own major reelection battle in nevada, where he beat sharron angle. which meant they could have done over the summer an individual spending bill so you didn't have this big lump sum. the threat of trying to this through at the end, wit

he owns stock in a company called campaign solutions which ran the campaigns of john boehner, michele bachmann john mccain, all of which were about saying the health care law was unconstitutional. he made over $100,000 in the stock on that company. >> okay, it's -- >> he should have recused himself. >> it's very, very tough for anybody to find a provision in the constitution whereby you can require people to actually get a service from a private company. and that's what's wrong with the obama plan. >> this is the first step. >> and by the way, ed, you attacked him for it, you wanted a public option. >> i did want a public option. and i also think that the pre-existing condition and 30 million more people getting coverage is a great thing. >> no impact on that, it just has an impact on the individual mandate. >> gentlemen, we've got run. michael medved, bill press, great to have you with us. >>> we'll be right back with racist extremism in south carolina. the reverend al sharpton is our guest. do they really want to succeed and have a big party about it? [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips or 1

you have situations where michele bachmann and others jim inhofe are saying, well, what about transportation a bridge or a road, it's important -- >> whether or not they can drink communion and drink the wine, will they become an alcoholic again, you've got to go free. you can't take any of these earmarks. and frankly the big issue is they don't need these earmarks. we're arguing over who should spend this stuff but whether she should spend it. >> these earmarks didn't exsit not too long ago. >> they always have. this is, again, i think this is what the founding fathers intended. they gave congress the power of the purse. i've worked in the congress and in the white house. i've seen it from both sides. if there were no earmarks, no congressionally-directed spending, all you would do is, you wouldn't cut the spending. what you would do is empower some bureaucrat at the department of transportation to decide where that road or bridge often that bureaucrat might be wiser but often she might not be. maybe the congressman knows better in his district where the highway bypass ought to be. so my ow

you have someone like michelle bachmann who is the darling of the tea party who voted against this billing that the provision regarding the tax credit -- the payroll tax credit would be detrimental because she believes that president obama will have to act for a tax increase to make up for the money that they lose by lowering the rates for the payroll tax. that is kind of over my head a little bit because i am not an expert in tax law. i know it is a concern for many conservative republicans. it is one of the reasons why they voted against the bill. that is what i understand host: cell lorton, ore., republican line,. caller: thank you for taking my call. my country is broke. because we do not have a large enough private work force manufacturing and selling something to the world at large and a profit to pay the taxes to pay the operational expenses of government and the giveaway programs they want to do. they have been borrowing on the giveaway programs since 1936 and now my country's credit card is gone until we put a product -- the private sector to work, manufacturing the needs of th

. >> reporter: minnesota republican congressman michele bachmann repeated this untruth.former congressman alan grayson, democrat of florida, ran this tv ad about his opponent. >> why submit yourself to your own husband? >> which is also not true. grayson was taking the words of now congressman-elect webster out of context. webster had cited that biblical passage as one husband should not pray for. >> she could pray that if she wants to. >> reporter: while since censured democrat charlie rangel also survivored a pants on fire label for saying an ethices report on his corporate sponsored congressional trips exonerates me. it did no such thing. nor was the florida democratic party truthful when it claimed that former republican congressman bill mccollum "voted to dismantle social security." no, he did not. and while we're at it, that's a lot of lying nominees from florida. hmm. but at any rate, none of those other prevarications were enough to win lie of the year. this year's winner was not only selected by the editors of politifact, it was also the readers' choice. almost

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and i drafted a curiously without coordination, the same thing was going on in the office of michelle bachmann. identically, the same 40 to strike the last word that conclude with words close to this, i repeal abomba care as if it had never beenay to talk about repealing a piece of legislation. and those thought it was an act that neither one of us were statesmenmen that we could accept losing. but truthfully, it was coming to the same conclusion, the same conclusion that america cannot reach the next level of its destiny if obamacare is going to be part of that destiny becauser options as individuals, because it mandates that we buy insurance. i think there are four places, four constitutional violations in obamacare itself and some of that is being litigated. the commerce clause is the easiest one. and i'm happy to see the judgment by judge hudson by the suit brought in va and others and i look forward to the form or another and i'm hopeful when our new governor is sworn in that one of the first acts he will have will be that the new governor will join in the litigation against obamacare. th

it's part of the tea party caucuses started by michele bachmann and they are going to learn about theution, strip it down to the bare bones, learning about the constitution and bill of rights. it's going to kick off there. also, this one is pretty amazing, brooke. congress tied a knot. the senate, where it take as long time to do something, is tied in knots. they have so many things that they are trying to do, whether it's the s.t.a.r.t. treaty or tax cuts or this very controversial spending bill. knowing that, and they could be demanding that the senate clerk, what kind of timing are we talking about? harry reid's office says 50 hours, two days, two hours where the senate clerk would have to read around the clock this bill. that would take up a lot of time, as you can imagine. and the senate doesn't have a lot of time. >> 50 hours? i don't think so. we will keep our eye on that along with you, ms. keilar. brianna, thank you. another update off the ticker in half an hour. get your latest politics fix. now, watch this. >>> not just one but two women risking their lives to save others.

michele bachmann, the republican from minnesota, she's planning for the tea party in the house.st lecturers, the supreme court justice. he just gave us a statement saying he will help the new members of congress and anyone else who wants to understand the separation of powers. >>> and finally a big meeting over at the white house today. president obama sitting down with a group of ceos. there's been a lot of criticism that corporate america doesn't get it, needs a ceo-like person on the economic team. the president meeting with them saying, look, i sign add deal with south korea, i'm getting this tax cut through. i do understand your concerns. tonight on "john king, usa" we're going to talk about that. we'll see. >> we will see. john, we appreciate you. >> thanks. >> looking forward to our live coverage of the reading of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >>> coming up, the fury of a coastal storm unearths a stormy record. it's in our odds today. >>> all right. time now for our "odds & ends." we've kind of got a lost and found theme going for you. let's start with israel. they lost a chunk

have come out on the far right against this have compromise include rush limbaugh, the house's michele bachmannrah palin and tea party hero jim demint. joining them today a surprising one mitt romney. he is the former and likely future presidential candidate and now clearly breaking with his only >> rich: leadership, the leadership in the senate and in the house. in an on you op-ed in "usa today" he writes quote it's difficult to understand how our political leaders could have reached such a disappointment agreement. the new more conservative congress should reach a better solution. big picture, he objects because the tax cuts are temporary, not permanent, because the overall package won't in hills view encourage hiring and because the provisions aren't paid for. he said all of this will fuel uncertainty for business and keep the economy stagnant but why it matters is it tells us he's aligning with tea party purists on this issue and could be a sign where the republican presidential nomination will be fro. >> that could be the strategy there. would there be any possibility here, as we're watchi

host: and republicans include michelle bachmann and others. guest: where were some of the more conservative hardliners. conservative activists -- you saw a few conservative activists, for example, sarah palin, mitt romney, coming out of this because they've wanted a permanent tax cut and not just a two-year extension. even though they felt it was the best deal that would get from democrats, some want a party to pull out for more. host: and nancy pelosi yourself did not lobby members on the bill. guest: that is correct, when the speaker comes to the floor she will with the votes for it. but she did not do that. the president was making calls leading up to the vote. and vice president biden came last week to the house democratic caucus to make the sales pitch from the white house for the bill. but nancy pelosi, by and large, she schedule of a boat and tried to bring it to completion, but she did not go around -- she scheduled the vote and try to bring it to completion, but she did not call around and try to sway votes. the with of the democratic

. >>> minnesota republican congresswoman michele bachmann is with us this morning. good morning.he clock is ticking on this lame duck congress, you have one more week an then you adjourn for good. house democrats say they're not going to accept this package, they say they will extend tax cuts but not at this level. is there any wiggle room here? >> maybe that's what we should do. maybe we should make it very simple at this point and just extend the current tax rates as they are and let that be it and not deal with anything else. we may need to keep it simple. >> they're saying no to that, they don't want to extent the tax cuts, they put a level on them. >> that's the problem right now, that's the issue, will taxes go up massively on january 1 or will they stay where they are? for those of us coming from a conservative perspective, we don't want to see anyone's taxes go up and the compromise that was forged wasn't rich enough for speaker pelosi and they want the taxes up even higher and that's where the line of demarcation is. >> let me ask you about fiscal responsibility, if you

you know, i was recently in a congressional district in, actually, michele bachmann's congressional district, and they went through, and she raised $14 million for a congressional race. think about this. like, whoa. and this is from a guy who spent $45,000 in his first race in 1992 and beat the chairman of the national republican campaign committee, and that's now moved up to $14 million. but, you know, their campaign manager gave an overview as to where and what issues were most important in that campaign, and michelle's congressional district. jobs, economy, taxes, jobs, economy, taxes, jobs, jobs, jobs, and finally when you get down to the bottom here it's national security. and i don't think any mention of iran or anything like that. and so you kind of say to michelle, michelle, why would you have me here? it's clear people in your congressional district care nothing about national security, and it's kind of where we are as a nation. the only time we appear to care about it is when something happens. i tell my friends in elevators, you know, if you see me on fox, cnn, abc, turn the tv of

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