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Breaking overnight, after 15 years in congress, oklahoma republican senator tom coburn is taking early retirement. coburn announcing he'll step down when the current session of congress ends, foregoing the final two years of his term. the 65-year-old senator has been battling a recurrence of prostate cancer but says he's not leaving early because of his health. >> we certainly wish him all the best. what's interesting about coburn, he's as conservative as they come, but he's always been willing to talk to the other side, someone who president obama has always considered a friend from his days ...

And how much veterans and military families were going to lose as a result of it, everybody started coming out saying this is a mistake, we don't have time to fix it now, but we will fix it as soon as we come back. you started seeing not only senator graham of my home state, senator ayotte and snatdor wicker to fight to delay the budget deal until they come back in january and use that extra week to fix it. you saw many who voted for the deal saying it's a mistake. we are pledging to undo it as soon as we come back. they have the time. this isn't going to go into effect for at least another ye...

>> coming up on morning joe, a meeting at the white house between president obama and leaders of congress ends with more finger pointing. the president tells speaker boehner that he's not negotiating over obama care and the list of republicans angry at ted cruz continues to grow. we'll tell you what grover norquist had to say about the junior senator from texas straight ahead. also, senator claire mccaskill will be joining us along with republican chair of the services committee, jeb hensarling. >> andrea mitchell, didi myers, willie has walked in. how are you feeling? >> great. >> donnie is n...

In i.c.e.'s investigation. this contempt charge against eric holder only lasts until about january 2013 when the congress ends, tamron, so it's anyone's guest as to what this does. there's not a lot of teeth here in my conversations with legal analysts. it gives house republicans this red meat issue they want that eric holder is corrupt. democrats are fed up, a lot of them are going to be walking off the floor today. nancy pelosi says she will not actually walk off the floor. but the timing is interesting that this whole action is coming on the same day as the supreme court ruling, it shows th...

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