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>> you look at this freshmen class, the class before me, these are people who left good jobs. they're leaving their families back home because they care passionately about the cause of liberty, about free enterprise, about our values and no, they're not going to give it up and rubber stamp what the president wants. he will negotiate in good faith, but we have the power of the purse. not the power of the rubber stamp. that's what the constitution says. >> steve: the power of the rubber stamp. yesterday was the first entree where the house republicans did meet with the president of the united st...

>> we passed no budget, no pay. bipartisan support on this resolution that's going to harry reid. we've passed that. we have finally been able to make the senate produce a budget. last time they did was before the ipad existed years ago. we are doing things. we're accomplishing things. just out of committee today, i'm about to sound nerdy we passed the water resources development act. bipartisan support out of committee. there are areas that just aren't very sexy or being covered by print pedia or any media. but there are things getting done. again as an eternal optimist, it's our freshmen cla...

Perceived of as a potential threat to the established order? >> no, sir. we got tremendous support from our leadership. we all recognize that the national debt is the biggest crisis that we face. and that has to be front and center. frankly, all the briefings we attended together as a freshmen class, over and over we kept hearing that concern. and today that concern is not really front and center as it needs to be. so really that's what drew us together. that's why we wrote the letter to the president. that's why we wrote the leadership, to try to make sure that we do whatever we have to do to...

less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it's friday, december 23rd. i'm deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad you're with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by president obama who stead was the disgust of the american people that broke the log jam. boehner ...

generation of republicans in line. and president obama warns, and i'm quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." you're looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote was supposed to happen yesterday around this time, but was abruptly postponed when the house speaker john boehner failed to get the 216 votes it needs for pa...