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Steve, first to you. >> the tea party movement claimed its first casualty of the year when david obie the powerful chairman of the appropriations committee and fellow wisconsinite retired saying that he's done with congress. this is the guy who was probably most responsible for this 1.5 trillion dollar deficit we have. he was the architect of the 850 stimulus bill, floor manager for the obama health care bill, which he called his greatest accomplishment. this is great news for taxpayers. hopefully, his retiring means a return to fiscal common sense in washington. >> paul: all right. matt. >> p...

Steve, first to you. >> well, the tea party movement claimed its first casualty of the year when david oby the powerful chairman of the appropriations committee and a fellow wisconsinite, basically retired and saying he's done with congress and this is the guy probably most responsible for this 1.5 trillion dollar deficit we have. he has the architect of the 850 billion dollar stimulus bill, a floor manager for the obama health care bill, which he called his greatest accomplishment. this is great news for taxpayers, hopefully his retiring means a return to fiscal common sense in washington. >>...

Steve, first to you. >> well, the tea party movement claimed its first casualty of the year when david oby the powerful chairman of the appropriations committee and a fellow wisconsinite, basically retired and saying he's done with congress and this is the guy probably most responsible for this 1.5 trillion dollar deficit we have. he has the architect of the 850 billion dollar stimulus bill, a floor manager for the obama health care bill, which he called his greatest accomplishment. this is great news for taxpayers, hopefully his retiring means a return to fiscal common sense in washington. >>...

He's fine. we're all fine. we're people. >> putin's fine. democratic senator jack reid of rhode island didn't like hearing that. >> and let's be clear. president putin is not, quote unquote, fine. as recently reaffirmed by the senate select committee on intelligence on which i sit president putin directed an attack on our 2016 elections with the intent of undermining public confidence in our democratic process. >> that is just some of what pr senator reid said when he rose on the senate floor today to introduce language to be attached to a defense authorization bill. senator reid is the senior...

Public confidence in our democratic process. >> that is just some of what pr senator reid said when he rose on the senate floor today to introduce language to be attached to a defense authorization bill. senator reid is the senior democrat on the armed services committee. so that means he is the democrats' floor manager on this bill. and it was in that role as the floor manager of that bill that he introduced language to be attached to the bill to, quote, "reaffirm the commitment of the united states to the north atlantic treaty organization alliance as a community of freedom, peace, security,...