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and minnesota congressman keith ellisson and i take on one of the tea partiers effectively holding the country hostage, kansas congressman tim mulecamp. the only thing standing in the way of the most massive debt reduction package in american history is the united states senate. shortly after 7:00 p.m. eastern this evening, the republican-controlled house of representatives voted to pass $2.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade. 174 republicans and 95 democrats voted in favor of the package, 95 democrats and 66 republicans voted against the package. the senate is going to vote the ...

deal, the tea party is still saying my way or the highway. president obama's meeting at the white house with john boehner and eric canton, but house republicans still refuse to budge on any deal to raise the debt limit. they're saying no to the president. they're saying no to the game of six senators. they are even saying no to mitch mcconnell's plan b. today one democratic senator add new word for the tea party's extremism. the cult fringe. >> the debate and fight is not between the democrats and republicans. it is between senate republicans and they are sort of cult fringe as i ref...

budge on any deal to raise the debt limit. they're saying no to the president. they're saying no to the game of six senators. they are even saying no to mitch mcconnell's plan b. today one democratic senator add new word for the tea party's extremism. the cult fringe. >> the debate and fight is not between the democrats and republicans. it is between senate republicans and they are sort of cult fringe as i refer to them, dead beat debtors is what they are. >> joining me is congressman tom reid, first term republican from new york state. congressman, you guys a cult? >> oh, well first...

>> getting in the one the least partisans parts of washington, d.c. that you can find. the party label doesn't always moon a whole lot. i've been there the second longest out of the commissioners. i've been there a little over five years. that gives you institutional memory to work with. i think since commissioner baker left, i'm trying to think if i casted the vote. i think i have. i don't remember what it was. >> has there been movement for another republican commissioner? >> i don't know. all i know is what i've read in the newspapers. i understand there maybe on the democratic si...

million to make charges of corporate spying and hacking go away. and it all happened here in america. plus, did shady republicans try to use the maxine waters investigation for political reasons? that hot story tonight. welcome to the show, i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, president obama is vowing to veto what some are calling the republican's worst idea yet. it's the so-called cut, cap and balance bill. a tea party plan that's even more extreme than the ryan he budget. here is the -- >> classic washington posturing ka bookie theater. you know, this is a measure that's designed ...