mr. armey's mission was so force his enemies in freedom works out of the organization.e was carrying out a purge, and the man with the gun actually escorted two of the targets of that purge out of the freedomworks building. so is this what the tea party has come to, an armed coup? hogan, with an intro like that, you know i got to start with you, my friend. >> of course. >> there's a lot of discord within your party between the fiscal cliff and gun control and this skirmish here with guns at the offices of freedom works. what is going on? >> that is a great question. this is the most odd situation i have read about in a very, very long time. the tea party by it's very nature really should not have a titular head or someone who is the face of the tea party. it's a grassroots movementness and as soon as you try to bottle that and put it under the umbrella of some organization or party you are going to run into serious problems. as far as the gun issue is concerned, obviously there are second amendment advocates within the tea party but it comes on the back of the awful chu

subsequent to that came the news that mr. armey had arranged for an $8 million golden parachute for himself provided by an influential republican fundraiser, which did not seem very grassrootsy at all for a supposedly grassroots group. he gets $8 million once he leaves. subsequent to that emerged the details or at least the allegation of the relatively scammy reason that mr. armey left the group. politico.com reporting that the other recognizable guy at freedomworks besides dick armey, a guy named matt kibbe had allegedly used freedomworks' staff and resources to write his book, even though all the profits from the book were just going to him, going to matt kibbe. anybody donating to freedomworks, anybody donating to freedomworks was effectively paying for the staff time and the resources to produce a project that just personally profited one of the people who work there's. a scam. it's like the newt gingrich direct mail scam, right, where newt gingrich would give businesses fake awards, where what you won was the opportunity to gi

mr. armeyf he left before the election, quote, the concern was that the story in the press, that the story the press would write is that the whole tea party movement was in a state of disarray. that was probably a fairly reality based concern to have, and we wanted the organization to survive and do well and the movement to survive and do well. that was one of the reasons why we were concerned about me leaving before the election. why would anybody think the tea party movement is in disarray? the right seems to be imploding since the election, which we expected. it turns out though that the unexpected thing is that the implosion will happen very, very slowly. day by day by day with new acrimonious details dripping out in every news cycle. this holiday, share everything. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. shareable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. get a droid incredible 4g lte by htc for $49.99. a cup of johan is a 600

it was worth $8 million to freedom works to make dick armey go away. for mr. he said i matter of principle. that was the quote from him. my differences with freedom works are a matter of principle. which means on the $8 million check that you write to me please put principle in the memo line. that's why i'm leaving. principle. there are few aspects of this story that could do with a little more reporting. and tonight politico.com has add some details to this mystery. they're reporting that the entire dick armey freedom works break yum was over the issue of who would get to profit financially from a book deal the organization was involved in. it was a book ultimately published earlier this year. there are details on the $8 million payout to old grassroots dick armey that was apparently conditioned on his station through the presidential election. mr. army told politico if he left before the election, quote, the concern was that the story in the press, that the story the press would write is that the whole tea party movement was in a state of disarray. that was

details on the $8 million payout to old grassroots dick armey that was apparently conditioned on his station through the presidential election. mr. army told politico if he left before the election, quote, the concern was that the story in the press, that the story the press would write is that the whole tea party movement was in a state of disarray. that was probably a fairly reality based concern to have, and we wanted the organization to survive and do well and the movement to survive and do well. that was one of the reasons why we were concerned about me leaving before the election. why would anybody think the tea party movement is in disarray? the right seems to be imploding since the election, which we expected. it turns out though that the unexpected thing is that the implosion will happen very, very slowly. >>> about a week after the election, president obama met with ceos from g.e., hi, former bosses, american express and he thinkna and xerox and dow chemical and ibm and she have ron and proctor and gamble. then home depot, goldman sachs, merck, coca-cola, macy's, yahoo, comcast, hi, current boss, marriott, at&t, it is

mr. michael franc. in this capacity, he helps members of congress and the executive branch understand and defend conservative principles and exercise constitutional power. he previously served as majority leader for dick armeyof texas. he was involved in congressional relations and is part of the national potential policy and has worked with representatives in california. we welcome him. thank you, mike. [applause] >> welcome, everyone, welcome to heritage. those who really enjoy detailed discussions, and those who don't. i can see which category we fit into. we have a great panel today. that is something that has become more and more important, as we move forward, especially in the current nature of congress where the party line seemed to be more stark and obvious than they were then some of my early days in washington. we have four experts who will discuss the developments and essentially the filibuster. it has to do with senate procedure and presidents and senate rules and senate precedents on the other. you're going to hear from for individuals with a depth of experience in these matters. let me introduce everyone. in no particular border, we have james wallner from guesswork for the house and the senat