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Bucks. gregg: breaking today the u.s. senate and the house voting to extend payroll tax cuts for two months. here is speaker boehner a short time ago. >> without objection the bill is engrossed, read for a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. gregg: it was that quick. chris van hollen is a ranking member of the house budget committee and has been named as one of the conferees to try to workout a longer deal. congressman thank you for being with us, we appreciate it. >> good to be with us. gregg: democrats wanted a millionaire tax, they didn't get it. republi...

In san francisco so that we're going to kill american jobs, weaken american energy, make us more vulnerable to the iranians. >> no offense, sir, but you didn't answer my question. (laughter) >> what would you do. >> and i'd say to the president you want to look like you're totally out of touch with the american people, be my guest, but i'm not backing down when we're right and you are totally wrong. >> the radical environmentalist said president obama, you pass keystone, we are pnot going to do your volunteer door-to-door work. he's put his reelection, over the jobs and making america independ...

But the american people have to start looking at who will come up with viable solutions to turn around the economic situation in our country and get americans back to work, the most important thing i want to see happen myself. >> neil: quickly, is the government going to shut down next week? >> i don't want to see the government shut down. our colleagues on the other side are refusing to sign the appropriations conference report so they're trying to push that envelope because they don't want to see the package we're going to vote on today. if the democratic party is serious about getting ameri...

Hike? >> yeah, that isn't going to happen and obviously we'll reach an agreement. the president is posturing here. you have to stand up to the afl-cio. i'm on the same side as jimmy hoffa and the afl-cio on this. the teamsters and the afl-cio want the keystone pipeline, want it now. gregg: republican congressman steve scalise of louisiana sits on the house energy and commerce committee. he joins us here in studio. great to have you here in new york. >> great to be with you. gregg: majority leader, minority leader at odds. harry reid says no chance the payroll tax cut extension with the keyston...

Hampshire from manchester's mayor. four years ago he endorsed john mccain over romney. the obama administration's fight against a state law targeting illegal immigration heading to the high court today. arizona is asking justices to allow the state to enforce tough measures blocked by lower courts. as we heard and we'll get morcoming up, they have agreed to look at that. christmas came early in washington. the first family taking part in the 30th annual christmas in washington event, a fund-raiser for the children's national hospital. new signs that the last-minute scramble on the payrol...