steny hoyer said he thought it was an embarrassment. so, mr.s right, pelosi or hoyer? you have to pick one. >> 36 years in the united states senate and i never got in the middle of a house fight among house members. i'm not going to do it now. look, one of the things that's going on is this march on washington that stephen colbert and jon stewart are putting together. it is all done with an overwhelming dose of humor and sarcasm. it is, i think, going to -- it's designed to make, quite frankly, a mockery of the position, extreme position of the other side. i'll let the house decide its own rules. i'll pretend i'm still a senator. it's against senate rules to comment on the conduct of events in the house. >> you're off the hook, mr. vice president. mr. vice president, thank you very much for making the time for us tonight. >> thank you. i wish you luck on the show and i hope you'll have me back. thank you. >>> coming up, more on the colbert capitol hill controversy. steny hoyer didn't like colbert's testimony. but what are the chances he actuall

but majority leader steny hoyer said he doubted congress would hold a vote because the legislation is stalled in the senate. regardless, both parties are using the delay as political ammunition before the midterms. on "meet the press" yesterday, mike pence and democrat chris van hollan argued whether tax cuts for the nation's highest earners would help create jobs. >> i think it would be unconscionable for this congress to adjourn without giving the bipartisan majority in the congress that wants to extend all current tax relief an up or down vote. even if they found some way to just extend middle-class tax relief would be an enormous tax increase in january on job creators in this country. you know, higher taxes won't get people hired. >> this notion that mike's talking about that you need tax breaks for the very top to create jobs and economic expansion, mike, those tax rates are in effect right now. they're in effect right now. i don't see all this job creation as a result of those tax cuts. they've been in effect for nine years. at the end of those nine years, we've seen losses of

. >>> plus, reaction from majority leader in the house, steny hoyer. he's with me off of the top tonight in just a moment. >>> senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, i think this guy ought to watch his back. i think he's about to get waterlooed by tea party king makemaker senator tim demint. >>> christine o'donnell admitted she dabbled in witchcraft and once had a picnic on a satanic altar soaked in blood? am i reading this correctly? what were they have done with barack obama if this was the case? we've got talk about it. i'll tell you the lies that they're pushing about the president. and of course, we'll have that in "the playbook." >>> but this is the story that has he fired up tonight in the nation's capital. now, at this hour, the republicans are down the street and they're cooking up this scheme, let's say they want to cut social security, so we're all straight on this now. if they get the majority, they want to cut social security. they want to protect the tax cuts for the billionaires. and they want to choke off the funding of health care re

house majority leader steny hoyer says he doubts the house will vote on extending the bush era tax cuts before going home to campaign. he blames republicans in the senate for blocking the vote. >> the senate has refused to move forward on that issue. as you know, we have some 400 bills pending in the senate, 75% of which have gotten 50 republican votes or more but they can't move through the senate. >> reporter: democratic leaders wanted to allow tax cuts for higher-income americans to expire on january 1st to help reduce the deficit but house minority leader john boehner calls the inability of democrats to act on the tax cuts inexcusable. >> if we leave here and adjourn for the election without preventing these tax increases on the american people, it will be the most irresponsible thing that i have seen since i've been in washington, d.c. and of a been here a while. >> reporter: even more tax talk on the sunday news shows. top white house advisor david axelrod saying the white house will figure out a way to get middle class tax cuts extenned after the mid-term elects despite stiff rep

on the other side, chris sat down with the house majority leader steny hoyer.6:00 eastern right here on the fox news channel. >>> looks like the uncertainty over middle class tax cuts not going to end before the mid term elections. republican and democratic leaders debated the hot button issue on the sunday talk shows and julie kirtz follows the story. >> it appears that americans won't get a clear answer from washington on taxes as they head to the polls in november and decide who to send to congress. house majority leader steny hoyer says he doubts they will vote before going home for a month. a leading senate democrat acknowledges his party doesn't have the 60 votes it would need to end the filibuster to extend the bush era tax cuts to only those making $250,000 bucks. >> i can count and i know you can, too. 59 democrats and not a single republican in the senate supports our position that we need to to something that is responsible to reduce the deficit but also to help middle income families bring us out of the recession. >> house minority leader john boehn

we will get reaction from majority leader steny hoyer. boehner, mccarthy and hoyer only on "fox news sunday." while president obama talks peace at the u.n., a new book details bitter struggles inside his war cabinet. we will ask our sunday panel about the president's foreign policy. and our power player of the week. a political whiz kid runs the biggest show in town. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington. house republicans unveiled this 45-page document thursday that lays out their legislative agenda. the plan calls for smaller and more limited government, repeal of president obama's healthcare reform and cuts in federal spending and extending bush era tax cuts to help create jobs. joining us exclusively today to discuss their plan, house republican leader john boehner and congressman kevin mccarthy who was the driving force behind the ledge. pledge. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> president obama says it is the worn out philosophy of president bush. you do go back to the bush budget and would e

yesterday you had the majority leader, steny hoyer, talking about the possibility of negotiating with the extension of the bush tax cuts. barack obama is talking about negotiations. i think they understand it's time for them to get together. >> for the first part of our show we'll search for common ground. but ultimately there is one issue that both sides of the aisle can agree on, and that is being healthy -- well, we almost can agree on it. being healthy. you're going to be with me on this issue today. i appreciate your letting us do this. in two hours democrats and republican leaders will put politics aside, throw on their sneakers and take the "morning joe" bipartisan health challenge. >> we'll have friends of the show going to be here. from the white house we'll have seen your adviser valerie jarrett, senator john thun, eric kantor and all the young guns are going to be right here. >> so handsome. >> we can't wait for that. >> i wonder if their teeth will glimmer. >> they are being very nice to come on the show. mike ban cal, pat buchanan, gene robinson, jonathan capehart and a s

we'll get reaction from majority leader steny hoyer. only on fox news sunday. also, while president obama talks at the u.n., a new book details bitter struggles inside the war cabinet. we'll ask our sunday panel about the president's foreign policy and our power player of the week. a political whiz kid runs the biggest show in town. all, right now, on fox news sunday. >> chris: and hello, again from fox news in washington. house republicans unveiled this 45-page document thursday, that lays out their legislature agenda. the plan calls for smaller and more limited government, repeal of president obama's health care reform. and, cuts in federal spending, and extending bush era tax cuts to help create jobs. joining us exclusively today to discuss their plan, house republican leader john boehner. and, congressman kevin mccarthy, who was the driving force behind the pledge and, gentlemen, welcome back to fox news sunday. president obama says your plan is nothing more than what he calls the worn-out philosophy of president bush, the exafact is go back to the bush bud

but steny hoyer said yesterday he doubted congress would hold a vote because the legislation is stalled in the senate. regardless, both parties are using the delay as political ammunition before the midterms. on "meet the press" mike pens and chris van holland argued over whether or not tax cuts for the nation's highest earners helped create jobs. >> i think it would be unconscionable for this congress to adjourn without giving the bipartisan majority in the congress that wants to extend all current tax relief an up or down vote, even if they found some way to just extend middle class tax relief would be an enormous tax increase in january on job creators in this country. higher taxes won't get people hired. >> this notion mike is talking about, that you need to have these tax breaks for the very top to create jobs and economic expansion, mike, those tax rates are in effect right now. they're in effect right now. i don't see all this job creation as a result of those tax cuts. they've been in effect for nine years. at the end of those nine years, we've seen losses of millions of jobs. s

. >> almost comical, steny hoyer says it's the bush tax increase. what do you mean it's bush tax increase? because bush put to them to expire in 2011. of course he didn't make it permanent. he didn't have the votes for that. speaker pelosi made everyone think they might force a vote on the bush tax cut. they'd have republicans on the record killing middle class on down tax cuts. they want them on the record for that and maybe cost them republicans some votes. but then steny hoyer goes no way are we going to be doing that, even if we have the votes in the house, we don't have them in the senate. my mom worked in payroll for a while and she had to handle everyone's taxes, new tax rules. they have until december 10th. every payroll department will be pulling their hair out, they don't know if they're messing up your paycheck in january. >> we heard a snippet from john boehner talking about this. he'll provide the perfect transition to the next point. listen to this. >> they've got time to bring a comedian to washington, d.c. but don't have time to elim

and steny hoyer calls them -- he actually -- i think he called them bush tax increases on sunday. chair! >> well, you know, again, i think we got to get steny hoyer maybe a little graph or chart so he can connect the dots. he clearly had a bad day yesterday when he was trying to think through this. >> let me ask you this, the president is on this full swing tour now really reaching out to the young people of america again going to colleges and universities and saying look, even though i'm not on the ticket for the midterms, you should still be nrpgized and come out and vote. and then you have joe biden, the vice president telling the democrats to stop whining, just go out to the polls. what do you make of that? do you think some of that inspirational message from two years ago has gone? >> it's hard to manufacture passion and sincerity and frankly, if i was a college student and i looked at joe biden, i don't think i'd get really inspired but beyond all of that, it's got to be sincere. it's got to be real. it's got to come from the gut and it's got to come from the heart. i don't

house majority leader steny hoyer called it inappropriate and a "imembarrassment to colbert." >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,860m, after climbing 197 points on friday. the s&p rose 23 points, and the nasdaq added 54. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei rose 131 points, while in hong kong the hang seng jumped 221. >>> with the dow on track for its best september since 1954, the big question is will this month's surge continue for a fourth straight week. the answer lies with which way the economic data swings. on deck, investors will get an update on consumer confidence and spending along with updated manufacturing reports and a fresh look at home prices. auto sales data for september is also due and should be a little higher this month. >>> coming up on thursday, wall street will get another reading on just how much the economy grew in the second quarter with another look at gross domestic product. a sum of all the goods and services produced in america. >>> just this morning as expected, h

. >> reporter: the number two democrat in the house appeared, steny hoyer he doubts there be vote on tax cuts meaning that americans are going to have to wait until after the november elections to find out what their tax rates are going to be, on income, dividends and capital gains. hoyer says it's republicans support for tax cuts for the rich which is holding up a tax relief for everyone else. here is hoyer. >> if such is the sentiment it westbound speesh us on act but we have absolutely guaranteed there will be no increase in middle income taxes. speak and i said that. >> senator durbin also on the sunday show acknowledged today that democrats don't have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster on extending those tax cuts making under $150,000. -- $250,000. >> they say especially business owners need more certainty. here is john boehner. >> as we leave here this week and adjourn for the election without preventing these tax increases on the american people it will be most irresponsible thing i have seen since i have been in washington, d.c.. >> reporter: and david axelrod on th

steny hoyer. >> the president made it clear and i made it clear, the leadership made it clear.and we'll make sure it happens. >> also this morning, house minority leader john boehner asked for congress not acting on the tax cut irresponsible. boehner? >> as we leave here and adjourn before the election without tax increases on the american people it would be the most irresponsible thing i've seen since i've been in washington, d.c. i've been here a while. >> reporter: more tax talk this morning. david axelrod on abc saying the white house will figure out a way to get middle class tax cuts extended, despite stiff republican opposition and resistance from any democrats in washington. jamie? >> jamie: julie kirtz live in washington for us. thank you. >> eric: moments ago in georgia, pastor at the center of a sex scandal vowing to fight the allegations. pastor eddie long is accused of luring four young men to allegedly having sex, plying them with lavish gift and luxury vacation. this morning for the first time since the scandal broke, the head of the megabaptist church facing repo

fights this fall, have signed a letter urging house speaker nancy pelosi and house majority leader steny hoyerax breaks for all income levels not just households making less than $250,000 a year. over in the senate, virginia's jim webb and connecticut's joe lieberman this week brought the total to five democrats calling for at least a temporary extension of the tax cuts across the board. so, steve, how wide is-- widespread is this democratic insurrection on taxes? >> you know, paul, for the first time in my life i almost, i almost feel sorry for nancy pelosi. she's trying to put together this coalition, you know, last week stan greenberg, as you know, the democratic pollster, left the house democratic caucus and told the members, raise the taxes on the rich and cut taxes on middle class, what happened at that meeting according to my source all the members looked at stan greenberg and said he's not polling in my district. the truth is, cutting those taxes for everyone is what popular and i think the reason, paul, is that our message that we've been saying on the journal has really penetrated. i

house majority leader steny hoyer called it inappropriate and a, quote, embarrassment to colbert. >>> now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,860 after climbing 197 points on friday. the s&p rose 23 points. the nasdaq added 54. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei rose 131 points while in hong kong, the hang seng jumped 221. >>> with the dow on track for its best september since 1954, the big question is, will this month's surge continue for a fourth straight week? the answer lies with which way this week's economic data swings. on deck investors will get an update on consumer confidence and spending along with updated manufacturing reports and a fresh look at home prices. auto sales data for september is also due and should be a little higher this month. coming up on thursday wall street will get another reading on just how much the economy grew in the second quarter with another look at gross domestic product, a sum of all the goods and services produced in america. >>> just this morning as expected,

meanwhile, what is steny hoyer talking about?y people look to sometimes on the democratic side a voice of reason. i think he's the voice of sarcasm. he says this. this is what they really do on the republican side. he claims it means i pledge allegiance to the hedge fund managers of wall street and the consumer protections i want to take away. i pledge allegiance to the insurance companies who we want to put back in charge of health care and i pledge allegiance to the wealthiest of the wealthy who will protect -- who we will protect before the middle class. you get the idea. steny hoyer being sarcastic about the pledge and sarcastic about what he claims to be republican agenda. >> and one of the things that, i think, when he -- in that same explanation is when they say millionaires and billionaires a lot of people would disagee with that because if a couple together is making over $250,000 a year, that doesn't qualify in my math as a millionaire. but that is one of the things they're using to favor their tax situation. coming up,

payne: we will hear from our leader, the majority leader of -- from maryland, steny hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. i thank him for leading this special order. i was pleased to, with him, undertake this special order because of the timeliness of the crisis that confronts sudan and the implementation of the agreement. i want to thank all the members for participating in this special order as well. it's important that we in the congress stay focused and send a message, as i will here, that we are focused. i applaud the gentleman for his statement tonight, i applaud him further for his continuing leadership. nobody in the congress in either the house or senate has been more focused over a longer period of time, has traveled more extensively throughout the world and to some of the most troubled spots in the world and to sudan and has -- than has the gentleman from new jersey, mr. payne and i thank him for his leadership. in fewer than four months, southern sudan will hold a referendum on independence, which was guaranteed by the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement w

senator steny hoyer blasted the much publicized testimony as "embarrassing." what he had to say is not the way it should have been said. if he had a position on the issues, he should have given those issues and not ask my personal opinion. >> colbert recently spent' day wocking at a farm field as part of the campaign by the united farm worker's association and invited by congresswoman zoe lofgren to testify about his experience. >>> the pastor of a megachurch outside of atlanta spoke from the pulpit, days after he was accused of sexual misconduct. bishop eddie long said he would fight the three lawsuits filed against him, but not empwas please with what they did and did not hear from the pastor. barbara hall with the story from atlanta. >> good morning to all our other guests. >> reporter: bishop eddie long of the 25,000-member baptist church knew sunday services would be ditch this week. the 57-year-old long made his first appearance since accusations of sexual misconduct surface the earlier this week. he did not specifically address the allegations, but said

. >> steny hoyer thanks, a central host stephen colbert to embarrass himself during his appearance beforeongress on friday. if he was invited to testify before was the judiciary subcommittee on undocumented farm worker spens. he spent a day working in the field. >> ike leggett warned of more possible budget cuts to prepare for a 10-15 reduction in their budgets -- 10%-15% reductions. a $200 million shortfall expected. >>> rainy monday morning, 64 degrees. saturday was like the millage summer. then sunday was like a new season overnight. and >>> it will feel like fall next weekend. there's a 100% chance of rain today. >> we need it. >>> >> 100%. it's great. live super doppler radar. we have a lot of road spray and wet roads. rainshowers not everywhere. most of the beltway escaping the showers at this time, but we will have more. getting a little break here and there. most of the downpours are on the eastern shore and over baltimore. glen burnie north into baltimore's when we have yellow -- will we have yellow, that is moderate rain. if we have an inch in bowie. by tomorrow morning and ther

steny hoyer, the majority leader in the house not on the same page.t now the pentagon is in quite a bind over a book on afghanistan. the defense department buying 10,000 copies of this around veteran's memoir then destroying them, citing fashion a security concerns spending tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. how did this book threaten our national security? >> reporter: the pentagon didn't say why it, such a threat, but they demanded the book "operation dark heart" be heavily redacted and the first public kissing destroyed. it was written by a lieutenant colonel in the army reserves. they gave the go-ahead to publish the book, then the intelligence agency demand changes. mohammad atta was identified as a danger to the u.s. before the attacks. schaeffer was fired for talking about that fact at the request of the congress and he believes sensorrincensoring of his book f that. >> i believe my testimony is the central reason they fired me. >> reporter: he thinks it's the reason her doing this to him over the book. the pentagon bought up the f

. >> and in maryland's district 5, steny hoyer with his 14th term in congress. is being challenged by the republican, charles >> now we turn to a pioneer in the united states congress. barbara mikulski was the first to be elected to the house and the senate in her own right. >> she will become the longest serving woman senator. we sat down with her. >> much has changed since barbara mikulski became the first female elected to the senate, whose husband had not served in higher office. >> when i arrived in north american history. >> she is up for election again this year. the 30-plus veteran of maryland politics insists -- despite having not had a challenging reelection bid, since she earned her senate seat in 1986. >> not to wait six weeks before the election. you do the job for six years. she is doing a good job. keep her. >> the 74-year-old seems to have more energy than some have for age. she leaves her home in baltimore by 7:30 a.m., and by the time she arrives at her capitol hill office, she has newspapers and a handful of memos. >> i arrive pretty wired. >>

. >>> steny hoyer says stephen colbert and barry himself in a hearing before congress on friday. -- embarrassedlf and a hearing before congress on friday. >> 6:47 is your time and let's turn to the politico minute. >>> a. george washington university polls says its troubled times for the white house. >> good morning. >> it sounds like the numbers are bad for the white house all around. it sounds like a large number of voters said they would vote against president obama in 2012. >> only 38% says he deserves reelection which is pretty low. they're asked who they trusted to create jobs and restart the economy and congressional republicans by a 10% margin did better than president obama. he is doing worse than congressional democrats when matched against republicans. voters seem to have more faith in congressional democrats to create jobs than obama. >> it also talked about personality. this shows that his personality is more popular than his policies. what are the other personalities listed here? >> the reason he is hopeful in 2012 and it is so far away it is silly to talk about -- the reason they

i disagree with steny hoyer in thinking it was embarrassing.t's hard to imagine how a comedian like stephen colbert could be embarrassed. >> and the question is, what you just touched in, how do you feel the members of congress responded. >> they were very much in character too. the chairwoman of the subcommittee is a very even- handed and nice woman dealing with this issue for a while. and steven king who is the republican leader on that subcommittee has been trying to stop anything that would involve so-called amnesty or anything that would help immigrants. he's a border security guy and he played his role so i thought it worked out perfectly. >> the whole thing touches on the bigger issue when we talk about the immigration issue and we have the dream act from last week. but what is the latest now? >> there is effort to try to bring it up again. the dream act is one of those smaller immigration issues that effect a smaller group of people. they are more sympathetic and undocumented students who want to go to college. the likelihood that anyth

steny hoyer. >> thank you. our entire agenda has been designed so every american, every individual can make it in america. president obama and congress took their oaths of office, and america was facing the worst economic crisis since the great depression. almost 800,000 jobs per month. over a quarter of the personal wealth in america had been wiped out. we were in a record amount of debt. from the day we began our work, congress had the overriding goal of stopping the free-fall, creating jobs, and building a solid foundation for the future. there's no doubt americans are still hurting. there's still a long way to go. but we're moving in the right direction. the economy has added around 3 million jobs in american manufacturing is on the rebound. we added 136,000 manufacturing jobs during the first seven months of this year. the longest sustained growth in 13 years. to build on that success, democrats have worked hard to pursue the make it to an american agenda. i plan to continue the rebound of american manufac

house minority leader john boehner, chief deputy whip kevin mccarthy and steny hoyer will join chris wallace. majority leader hoyer says the house will vote next week on a bill opening the way for u.s. retaliation against china over its failure to increase currency value. the measure was approve today by the ways and means committee. supports say the inaction cost americans jobs. critics say the bill is an election year move to gain labor support and could lead to retaliation against american companies operating in china. sales of newly built homes had their second worst month on record in all. they were unchanged from july, but down 29% from last august. demand for durable goods was down 1.3% last month. stocks finished the week strong. the dow gained almost 198 points today. the s&p 500 was up 24. the nasdaq finished ahead 54. >>> a white house snub for a former insider on his wedding day. that's coming up later in the grapevine. straight ahead, a democrat and a republican try to out conservative each other. úúppxñ >> bret: in america's news headquarters tonight, we are back at fox

steny hoyer handily beat two challengers. he will face charles lawler in november.district six, andrew duck won the democratic primary there. we will take on incumbent republican roscoe bartlett. chris van holiday len hollen won his party'snomination. backk to you. >>> tony is here with a look at the forecast. >> it is another cool start similar to yesterday when we had many areas with temperatures in the 50s. in the district, temperatures in the low 60s and here and there, they were in the 60s but many of you are in the 50s early this morning so you do want to be aware of that. we've got a few clouds. sunrise begins in just a couple of moments. here is a look at the current temperatures around the region. we are at 63 degrees in washington. look at all the 50s out there. 52 in gaithersburg. 52 in frederick. 50 in manassas. quantico, 58 degrees. 52349 stevensville, it is 60 degrees in annapolis. here is a look at the satellite- radar for the eastern united states and our region. not much going on here. couple of clouds down to our south and off to the east. that is

and file moderate house democrats to their leadership speaker nancy pelosi, and majority leader steny hoyer to extend the tax cuts for all brackets. the lawmakers are looking for more members to sign the letter and are expected to present it to their leadership tomorrow. bret. >> bret: mike emanuel live on the north lawn. thanks. the tax battle has put a new focus on the man who could soon be second in line to the presidency. correspondent james rosen reports on the sniping between the current president and the man who would be the top dog in the house. for the second week in a row, president obama zeroed in on the house g.o.p. leader painting him as unsympathetic to tonight's, teachers and state and municipal workers facing layoff. >> john boehner who wants to be the next speaker of the house, if the republicans take over, he specifically said well, these are just government jobs and they're not worth saving. now, it's just not smart from an economic perspective for us to allow a whole bunch of those jobs that are right here in the united states to go away. >> reporter: boehner made headli

and house majority leader, steny hoyer calls it more spin than specifics and he makes reference to theepublicans called the why you think guns and congressman eric cantor, kevin mccarthy and paul ryan. the american public heard from the young guns, it turned out to be a pop gun, spin, not substance, in the specifics. it turned out to be a return to the failed bush policies. >> republicans are expected to make significant gains in the november election, but whether they can actually regain control of the house remains to be seen. julie. >> steve, thank you. well, new hope for 33 chilean miners who spent nearly two months trapped deep underground, the first of three rescue capsules, the devices specifically engineered to left the miners steve harrigan is streaming live from crack cuss with the latest developments there. hi, steve. julie hugo chavez's party is expected to lose ground in vene, vela duall to very bad numbers. and the highest rate 30% and one of the highest murder rates in the world and hugo chavez continues to place the blames for problems who he calls his number one enemy,

majority leader steny hoyer doubts that they will vote on that before going home to campaign and blames republicans in senate for blocking the vote. >> the senate has refused to move forward on that issue. as you know we have some 1400 bills penning in the senate, 75% of which have gotten 50 republican votes more, but they can't move through the senate. so it would be a specious act. >> reporter: re want to allow tax cuts to expire on january 911 to help reduce the democrat, but house minority leadership john boehner calls "the inability of democrats to act on the tax cuts inexcusable." >> if we leave here this week without preventing these tax increases on the american people it will be the most irresponsible thing i have seen in washington, d.c. and i have been here a while. >> reporter: top white house sad visorrer david axelrod saying, "that the white house will figure out a way to get middle class tax cuts passed," in washington, julie kirtz, fox news. >>> there is more backlash over comedian stephen colbert's testimony. stenoy hoyer blasted it as "embarrassing." >> what he had to

house majority leader steny hoyer making fun of the name of the lumber company where the republican colleaguestoday, republicans are rolling out the agenda of fa failed bush policies at a small business, small business named tart. >> neil: ever wonder what the owner of that tart lumber company thinks? we find out in an hour. he's ready to to stick it to

i know you'll have on steny hoyer as a counter point to that, the house majority leader. chris, do you see this pledge being used as a -- will it play out in campaigns? will they ask people to use it? not like having to sign a contract, but think they'll go in there and say i agree with this. >> no. i think this is a way to deal with a problem that they were seeing as the party or they were being accused of being the party of no. if you're a republican right now, i want to make this as little about yourself and as much as possible about the president, the democratic congress, and the economic conditions in this country. unemployment is high, deficits are huge. growth is slow. that's what you want to talk about. you don't want to talk about your agenda. >> chris, we look forward to that debate that you're going to have this morning. so thank you so much for your time. >> thanks, melanie. >> and you can catch fox news sunday at 10:00 a.m. right after our show. >>> heavy rains caused landslides in venezuela and other cities. 7 people were killed and dozens more were hurt. so

. >> steny hoyer wasn't laughing. news on sunday. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. it was an embarrassment for mr. colbert more than the house. >> and he should not have been called. >> what he had to say i think was not the way it should have been said. >> he should have gone further. you want your tooth pulled, go to a dentist. you want your leg pulled, call steven colbert. >>> why are republicans running -- you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund to cover lost income unti

rumor has it that steny hoyer might take the reins. the democrat with the most to lose is prince harry reid. new polls show tea party favorite sharron angle is quickly closing in. asked if the election were held today, 46% would vote for reid, 40% -- 4 % for angle. tomorrow's gop senate primary race in delaware could leave another incumbent without a job. conservative christine o'donnell is leading longtime congressman mike castle by three points. here with reaction to the demses increasingly dire situation are authors of: mad as hel how the tea party movement is remaking our two-party system. scott rasmussen and doug schoen. 50 days away. every poll shows this is now becoming a political tsunami. >> that's correct. bottom line sean, the energy is the two parties. the reason why scott and i wrote the book the strongest political force in the america is the tea party movement. they've energized people in support of cutting taxes, spending, reducing debt, deficit and bringing government back to people's hands. that's not a partisan issue

majority leader steny hoyer disagreed with nancy pelosi. >> i think his testimony was not appropriater mr. colbert more than the house. >> he was called by the democratic chair. >> you asked me chris, whether the testimony was appropriate. i think it was not appropriate. >> sean: they don't have time to vote on how much the business in this country is going to be paying in taxes. >> oh god there we go. >> i agree with steny, i don't think it was appropriate. he said i think it was more embarrassing for colbert. that's what colbert does. he's a schtick guy why do we need him on capitol hill testifying -- >> sean: how about voting on -- >> i think it is embarrassing. he's got his show, do his show, do it from there. >> the idea of having celebrities testify has gotten out of hand. colbert testified in character. [ talking over each other ] >> hearings are supposed to be about listening -- eliciting information to legislate not about self-aggrandizement for the commit at this time. >> sean: i got a question. -- bush tax cuts scheduled to expire going to impact a lot of people in this cou

the republicans will become the next speaker of the house and then we'll talk to maryland's own steny hoyeruse majority leader who will do everything he can to keep boehner as far from the speaker's office as possible. boehner and hoyer exclusively on fox news sunday. >> who is your power play this week? >> you've never heard of this guy, but if people were growth stocks, i would invest in this guy. his name is knick ayers. he's 28 years -- nick ayers. he's 28 years old and he's the head of the republican governors association for the rnc and the dnc. this is the rga, the republican governors association. he is the political whiz kid in town. when you see him on fox news sunday, you'll understand why. >> chris, thank you for the preview. we will see you and the gang for fox news sunday at 9:00 here on fox 5. >>> coming up next a college thought it had booked one of the hottest new rappers around. turns out, though, it was a big fakeout. we'll explain how the scam happened. >>> and in minutes on the news edge a hollywood style bank robbery, the heist that involved a kidnapping and a bomb str

steny hoyer says the party is immovable in favor of tax cuts for the middle class. what about voting for tax cuts for the middle class? maybe, maybe not. and the best speech given by an american governor in years and it's arnold schwarzenegger on tape. about the coke brothers. hey nick. how's it going with the website? going great, babs. made it really easy for customers to manage their car insurance policy online. well, you know that's why we have 24/7 support, so customers can call us anytime. [ in a robotic voice ] does not compute. error. [ all ] error. error. error. malfunction, babs. beep. boop. boop. ha ha. very funny. powering down. [ new guy ] we're not really robots. [ thomas ] i thought we were. [ male announcer ] want a great deal on car insurance? go to esurance. >>> the house majority leader insists he and the speaker are united on tax cuts for the middle class except that detail on whether or not to hold a vote on them. the governor of california calls out big oil and the rich by name including the coke brothers by name for their willingness to destro

steny hoyer the democratic leader in the house said he would be open to extending for at lost a periode manchin governor of the west virginia fighting for his life trying to get elected to robert byrd's senate seat thought they should be extend. i've introduced permanent law current tax rate and avoid a tax increase in the middle of a investigation. >> greta: give me a realistic timetable. what is gonna happen ? >> it is hard to answer the hypothetical, because the democrats are in the majority. they got to decide whether they want to have this debate now. it could occur after the election. if they want to have the debate now about the appropriateness of raising taxes in the middle of a recession we are happy to have that debate. >> greta: it is not going to happen is that the message? >> i done know i think it will be up to the majority to decide whether we have this debate now or later. it needs to be had, because at the end of the year, taxes will go up for everyone, none of us think that's a good idea. >> greta: what about what leader boehner said in the house? he said i hate to tr

. >> steny hoyer wasn't laughing. here he is on fox news on sunday. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. it was an embarrassment for mr. colbert more than the house. >> and he should not have been called? >> i don't know about whether he was called. what he had to say i think was not the way it should have been said. >> steny should have gone further. you want your tooth pulled you go to the dentist, you want your leg pulled you ask steve colbert. they got what they asked for and it didn't help. >>> bp oil disaster, why are republicans running from getting subpoena power? president obama has signed into law a $30 billion package of tax breaks and hiring incentives for small businesses. the president is also calling for extending the school year saying america's kids need the extra study time to stay globally competitive. >>> top military commander in afghanistan says taliban leaders reached out to the government seeking reconciliation. >>> a heat wave gripping southern california pushing temperatures in los a

steny hoyer is taking shots at comedian steven colbert who appeared in character before a house committee last week to talk about migrant farm labor. he says that the testimony was inappropriate and more of an embarrassment for colbert than for the house. house minority leader john boehner thinks he's in line for promotion. boehner says if republicans regain control of the house in november, he's confident his colleagues will vote to make him speaker. and comedian bill maher has carried out his threat to release more old video clips of christine o'donnell. last night he showed a 1998 clip from his politically incorrect show. o'donnell said evolution is a myth and when pressed she asked "then why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?" daddy bloggers. a growing force in social media these days. >> there are a lot of things that guys just don't talk about with anybody after the baby is born. we get a fair amount of traffic on articles about sex after pregnancy because the relationship has changed with that first baby. >> so what men really think in a very candid way about fatherhood and

it is very clear and i listened to democratic majority leader steny hoyer on chris wallace's fox newsplained why it was perfectly reasonable to come back after the election with defeated members and pass a tax increase even though those members had just been defeated. i think a lame duck session for a party if they lose control the house. to come back and try to pass something having lost control íy! be an insult to every american who votes this fall and would undermine a sense of faith in our system. it is more than having a vote. they should pass a bill. the president should sign a bill, before the election. there's no reason that they have to rush off and go home. they ought to stay and get their job done and get in tax bill finalized. frankly, in the middle of this kind of recession, we should not raise taxes on anyone if we really care about jobs. >> greta: let me get to another issue in terms of this whole business about being -- a group of liberals, 46 liberal members of congress wrote a letter to the speaker. and the thing that -- if we have to raise taxes if that is the solut