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Tea party yesterday? >> no, absolutely not. the speaker didn't betray anyone. first of all, you have to remember something, just like myself, speaker boehner has an obligation to govern. and governing is not an easy thing to do. we went into this with good faith. we wanted to push -- that's why i got a big kick of your first segment how we're not protecting taxpayers. we're pushing for one year because it's good policy. everyone has told me since i took office in january, don't do band-aid approaches, don't take the easy way out, stand up and try to enforce good policy even though washington i...

i'm erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senate's two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gop's image, though, has taken a beating. cnn orc poll found that when it comes to handling major issues, people have increasing confidence ...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we don't like this two-month extension. we don't like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though it's not exactly what we want. >> it seems that everything we've done this last year has been a knockdown dragout fight. there is no...

i'm erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senate's two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gop's image, though, has taken a beating. cnn orc poll found that when it comes to handling major issues, people have increasing confidence ...

Republicans in the house will go to speaker boehner and say you cannot persist in this, and he'll be forced to pass the bipartisan bill that was passed by senator reid and senator mcconnell, 89-10 in the senate, that extends the payroll tax, unemployment insurance and the so-called doc fix for two months >> i know that earlier today, senator, you said, look, if it's a one-year deal you want, we'll be the first ones to get back on the plane. did you realistically mean that the senate could reconvene and something could get done before? >> well, what i said was this. it's very hard to believe th...