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To go over. what's the holdup? we still don't know what exactly is going to happen with the keystone provision. however, senate democrats supposedly have watered down some environmental permitting regulations to get enough house republicans on board. the ball will really be in speaker boehner's court after it comes out there's some sort of agreement as to whether they will get it on the floor in time and pass it forward. so far, the house and speaker ba boehner have said let us try to do a six-month extension. this deadline is coming up on the 30th and if they don't get it through the parliame...

That this is a bad deal. gregg: your party has already won a couple of victories in this thing. your vote against it, notwithstanding. after all you got rid of the millionaires tax and president and democrats wanted. you inserted the keystone provision, which forces the president's hand on the oil pipeline. wasn't, why wasn't that good enough? >> well, i mean think about it. we're basically, there are a lot of things that are not in here. the bonus depreciation for business, for businesses is not in this. we're going to pay for this by increasing the fees on homeowners. and then we're going to...

Environmentalists opposing it and labor unions supporting it, which many see as the reason for the delay. even democrats question the delay. >> if we are going to use oil we know we are addicted to, would you rather it come from a friend, neighbor, trusted ally or send the money to area they know will use it against you? >> it's time to make a move one way or another. we know what the issues are. and we can make a decision. i just think delaying it doesn't benefit anybody. >> the president once threatened to block any bill that included the keystone provision but dropped threats after both the...

We had no really anything on the horizon as far as nothing about the arab spring or nothing about the killing of osama bin laden and we see those becoming one of the main stories of this passing year. just really quickly here as we take a look at what is happening in the building behind you, what is going on between the house and the senate, and these tax cuts, and we thought there was agreement, and now apparently there is not. what is the latest as of 12 noon on a monday. >> senates passes this two month extension of the payroll tax cut and the house is saying, you know what that doesn't wor...

That continues to get hammered, particularly as that is in the headlines as that trial plays out. heather, what would you ask of whom? >> well, you know, i think this week i would want to ask the speaker of the house how he could be holding the american economy hostage and particularly all of these unimpemployed peop. but i would want to ask him, you know, whether or not he's gone into those -- gone into communities around america and talked to unemployed people and actually asked them why they're not working. and what kinds of, you know, answer he would have to that. >> the house, of course, ...