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Outside that hearing room as it gets underway. what are we expecting today? >> reporter: martha, we are about three hours out-- three hours from the hearing, where congressman issa will ask key questions of the officials. a lot of focus will be on jeff neely, one of the key officials behind that lavish, $823,000 las vegas party back in 2010. he's not expected to answer questions based on the advice of counsel. still, chairman issa says there's still plenty to be learn. >> it's one of the reasons that we're still calling them, is it seems pretty odd that he would talk to the inspector general j...

Storm, clamming up? taking the at when asked about the lavish $823,000 las vegas party. at the same time, the senate now moments away from voting on the buffett rule, the president's plan to hike taxes on the rip. but, today, taxpayers are asking, will any money raised by this fund more of this? >>stuart: welcome, everyone, this is "your world." tax delay a day away, and for those who owe, paying uncle sam seems even more painful this year because of where the tax dollars are going. lavish parties in las vegas. trips to hawaii. and. today, a congressional hearing in how your tax dollars are be...

Commemorative coins, another several hundred thousand. the grand total, $823,000 of gsa team building in vegas. but the hearing in the oversight committee this afternoon, that was priceless. >> do you wish to make an opening statement? >> no, mr. chairman, i don't. >> it is my understanding from your counsel that you may want to assert your constitutional privileges and remain silent; is that correct? >> yes, mr. chairman, that's correct. >> let's bring in our monday mega panel, tim carney, and this was made for you on a platter. bring out the utensils. >> the story is not about $823,000, righ...

>> fox news has been all over this. it's been their better story for two weeks. >> i would like to see republicans tie this in not just to this obama guy and to the 823,000, but tie it into welfare. >> but even more broadly, i think, the point that even private institutions, when you have no accountability and people spending other people's money, whether it's if a movie studio and somebody else's money, or whether it's at the federal government, when you have that disconnection, you get -- >> but we don't care. >> the shareholders care. the government or the taxholders are the shareholders. s...

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