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Achievement. >> i agree. joe lockhart, good to see you this thanks so much. >> sure thing. >> 67 days and counting, the northeast is still waiting for hurricane relief funds. is congress biased against the region as governor chris christie claims? out with the old and in with the new. washington bids a fond farewell to the 112th congress. well, more like a good riddance. do you think the 113th will be more productive? you can tweet your thoughts.

Tomorrow will mark the end of the 112th congress and the start of the 113th. what will the legacy of this outgoing congress be? joining me from capitol hill is massachusetts outgoing congressman barney frank on his last day on the job. congressman frank, thank you so much for joining us on the show. >> nice to be here. actually, it would be nicer to be someplace else. >> my esteemed colleague tom brokaw said this regarding this congress: >> i think this congress has now sealed the deal. it's easily the worst in the history of the country as they go out. i can't remember a congress historically...

Entitlement reform. the best scenario they probably have had so far in the obama presidency was that summer in 2011 where the white house was surprised at every turn how far they were willing to go on demands with the debt limit. they didn't get entitlement reform then. they didn't get the super committee. they're not looking at a slightly smaller republican house majority and a slightly larger democratic senate majority cobbling some sort of entitlement reform coalition there in just two months. and i think they're going to have to -- there are going to be a lot of republicans telling their p...

Today. now promised action by the 113th. just last hour chris christie added his voice out for the failure to act on a hurricane sandy relief package. >> it's been 66 days. and the wait continues. there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority and their speaker john boehner. >> moments ago, speaker john boehner met with the new jersey and new york delegations and peter king just emerged saying he will now support the speaker for his re-election tomorrow after boehner vowed to call a vote this friday on $9 billion in flood aid. a second...

Tonight or tomorrow, it's going to have to be sent back to the senate if any changes are made. if they change one letter, one motor, one iota of this bill. that's schoolhouse rock. we've all learned that although we're far from schoolhouse rock at this point. the senate would have literally one day to do something, and the senate is not in session, assuming this is what the house ends up doing, and january 3rd is the day the new congress is sworn in. the existing congress, the 112th, the 113th comes in at noon on thursday, and if that happens and nothing is done by then, that he is no deal, th...