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Members, all senators, who make up a little more than a quarter of the committee. on the house side, women comprise about one in five of the committee members. these are huge committees, of course. joining me, politico's wanda summers and goldie tower, who served in the marines. wanda, give us a sense, are these bad apples or systemic, the old question about any organization? >> chris, if you ask any lawmakers, they'll tell you this is proven, this is a systemic issue. it's a cultural issue within the military that needs to be addressed. where so frequently you have women and men reporting the...

After some employees of their cincinnati office were found to have flagged groups with the words tea party or patriot ahead of the 2012 election. those groups received extra scrutiny during the tax exempt application process, including being asked to provide a list of donors. so joining me to talk about all of this. national political reporter for politico wanda summers and congressional reporter for "the washington post" ed o'keefe. thanks for being with me today. >> great to be with you. >> thanks for having us. >> ed, let me start with you. jay carney said in november that there was just a ...

>> sure. i think that's become the way that negotiations are always held. i think that anybody who is involved in these things will say you don't give up the thing until you absolutely have to. and john boehner, for instance, putsing health care reform on the table is really an outlandish one, but all he's trying to do is widen the parameter to work out a deal. it is like the game of chicken and sometimes you lose the game. they are jeopardizing our economy. >> wanda, what do you think the agreement will look like? do you think republicans will abandon the call to the likes of glover norquist ...

Folks still bearing the brunt of sandy in mind. a lot of those folks still suffering this thanksgiving holiday. >> thank you so much. happy thanksgiving. and join meganow for more on what the fiscal cliff could mean for you, wanda summers and bob frankton. welcome to both of you. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. >> we had on the other day fed chairman ben bernanke who issued the dire warning to the president. i want to play what he said. here it is. >> the realization of all the tax increases and spending cuts that make up if fiscal cliff with offsetting changes would pose a substa...

Tell obama, for real job growth cut the debt. support the new majority agenda. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> president romney's first 100 days creating thousands of new jobs for virginians. >> but would it. the washington post has just agreed that they're not going to shipovers over seas. they want to move facilities in low wage countries like china and india. does virginia really want an outsourcer? chief in the white house. wanda summers is a political reporter. which one do you think will be more effective? don't you think the anti-romney ad has had a sympathetic edge?...