authorization with the don t ask don t tell authorization on it even though he knew there were votes available to pass it then. a lot of toes has been stepped on through the legislative process. you re talking about the importance of the report that came out. senator john mccain has been insisting for months that before he could even contemplate supporting this he would need to first hear from the service chiefs as well as the results of that particular report. he was an ardent opponent to the last and remains so up to just a few moments ago. as we say, any moment we expect to say out loud what we ve been predicting for months. all they need a majority. it s crossing on the wire that a majority of senators have voted to repeal don t ask, don t tell.
briian na, we appreciate you and the other one today is the don t ask don t tell taken up after that. we will continue to economic in with you at cnn. we ll never go too far from that story. when that vote starts on the dream act we ll let you know about it. and then don t ask don t tell. we could see a repeal this weekend. today s special session affecting the president s travel plans for this holiday season. the first family leaving for hawaii today minus the president. he stays as they try to tie up the loose ends up there. the president will head to a hawaii after that. long list of earmarks helped kill a massive spending bill, and republicans who had their own pet projects in that bill turned against the bill some say because of threats by the tea party in washington now. paul stein hauser is here with a look at another victory for the tea party, keeping these folks
january, but right now, 98% of the people in this country don t want their taxes going up. we disagree about the 2%, but the republican says that s their side of the cake and they want the 2% of the wealthiest people to get a break and we ve made an accommodation in which everybody s going to get what they want. we need to move forward and make sure this recovery moves forward. here we go. lay it on. i know somebody, you disagree, that s rush limbaugh. here he comes. this time, he s right for all the wrong reasons. here s rush limbaugh on the tax bill. let s listen. i hope this deal fails. i say it directly and officially. let the tax rates go up. on january 1st. let them go up. wait for our cavalry to show up and deal with this the right
i think we should do a short-term continuum resolution. get all of that garbage out of there. and deal with real spending reform come january. well, why doesn t mcconnell do that? you re pushing these guys around, you re 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 ve guys you have not done that, matt. all of these these fat cat republicans every one of them are pushing porks. they re all doing and t and laughing at you guys. and senator mcconnell is leading the charge against this ominibous pork bill. and getting his pork while he s doing it. not if we don t agree with the bill. great organization for you guys. and bob walker, it s always great to have you on. thanks. when we return, let me finish with a tribute to larry king, who s 25-year run as a tv talk show host is coming to an end tonight. you re watching hardball.
yobt nei don t need to hear s of kyl and demint to remind me of what christmas means. my question is where were their concerns filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation? don t they have a gag that says, i can t say this? the holidays, they re trying to with some kind of they should be saved for at least special occasions. why are they bringing them up now? what is a holiday, chris? there is no gag anymore. that s the thing. that s what seems to be changes is that anything goes now. you can use any ridiculous argument you want. if you try to appeal to the base or try to figure out another way to get a little bit of an edge,