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Deliberative body. jon: right. in fact, harry reid and nancy pelosi, too, on the house side, but harry reid in the senate was praising the president's recess appointments which leapfrogged over the head of the body that he's in charge of. >> are well, and when they were still in recess. supposed to have recess appointments in the constitution only when the congress, the senate is in recess. it isn't. it was in pro forma session, and harry reid tried a similar strategy when george bush was president. president bush said i'm not going to risk that constitutionally because i'm not sure i have the...

Protection whatever it is going to be called now. >> bob: consumer watchdog. >> dana: political thing. talk where he made the announcement. this white house sent president obama to ohio to a high school. in front of high school students makes unprecedented decision. and tells the high school students that the republicans want to ruin the country by taking away all the safety regulations. >> bob: that -- >> dana: at a high school. >> bob: he happens to protecting them against the guys on wall street that ripped them off. now, the republicans are behind him and trying to stop it. that means that...

More the republicans gripe about this, about how the president took some executive action, which other presidents in both parties, by the way, have taken before, they think that's just highlights the fact that the president took the bull by the horns here to stand up for consumers, stand up for the middle class and that plays right into their narrative for 2012. >> shep: analysts from both sides of the political fence looked at this and said that pretty much they believe this is fine for the president to do. >> that's right. we spoke yesterday as it first started playing out with some former b...

>> when you talk to some advisors to the president, though, they believe that the more the republicans gripe about this, about how the president took some executive action, which other presidents in both parties, by the way, have taken before, they think that's just highlights the fact that the president took the bull by the horns here to stand up for consumers, stand up for the middle class and that plays right into their narrative for 2012. >> shep: analysts from both sides of the political fence looked at this and said that pretty much they believe this is fine for the president to do. >> t...

The president can make appointments. but he did not mention that the senate was in pro forma session to pass the tax cut. >> bret: thank you. now a story that could effect the pocketbook of people all over the country. chief washington correspondent jim angle examines a huge dilemma involving your money. >> governors and their taxpayers have a big problem on their hands. two to $3 trillion in promised pension and benefit to state and local workers they cannot pay for. >> this is a huge mess. odds are strong that taxpayers will see taxes go up very, very high. to the pay pension promises made l...