Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) defends the DREAM Act on MSNBC's "Ed Show." The DREAM Act would help give illegal aliens "eligibility for higher education benefits."

Ed Schultz's first question to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX): "Congresswoman, is there anything the African community can do about this? The comments speak for themselves." (emphasis mine) Rep. Lee was puzzled as to why Rush Limbaugh

Last week, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow also called African-American Congressman-elect Alan West a "showcase" Republican.

Americans "can tell a decent, goodhearted, stand up guy when they see him," former Vice President Dick Cheney said at the groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center. "Because you were determined to throw back the enemy, we did not suffer another 9/11 or something even worse," Cheney praised Bush.

"Superintendents whose contracts have not expired, and will not expire by February 7th, are renegotiating those contracts to give them raises above the cap, because if you have a contract in place on February 7th, we can’t get rid of your contract. These rules go into effect for people once those contracts expire. Well people who are in th

CNN: Rep. Charlie Rangel says he doesn't understand how the ethics committee convicted him when he didn't have a lawyer. "I'm taking this one step at a time," Rangel said.

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) talks about his bumbled response to an address made by President Obama. "Look, I'll be honest, I'll take responsibility for it. The delivery was awful. It turns out I can't read teleprompters, turns out I'm much better just talking to people.

"He is lying, he did it last April in front of the House Financial Services Committee," a man yelled at David Lowman, the CEO of Chase Home Lending. Man to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT): "Chairman, let the homeowners speak! Let them speak. Homeowners, tell your story!" He was quickly escorted from the hearing on foreclosure practices.

"The ultimate responsibility of a leader is not to do what is easy and popular, but to do what is right," Former President George W. Bush said at the groundbreaking of his Presidential Center.

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) announces he has been re-elected as Senate majority leader by his Democratic colleagues.

A House Ethics subcommittee finds Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) guilty of 11 of 12 (or 13) charges. The committee found "clear and convincing evidence" of wrongdoing by Rep. Rangel. "We tried to act in fairness, led only by facts and the law," Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said.

"The whole financial system around the world is operating on eggshells," Herman Cain said on FOX News. Cain says another European financial meltdown is very likely.

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) says Democrats lost because they didn't do enough to save jobs.

MSNBC: Bill Press joins the set of Morning Joe to discuss why the White House failed to convince Americans during the midterms, and the influx of new Republicans joining the Beltway.

"We need to bring clarity to our monetary policy," Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said on CNBC.

"I would like to get the current tax policy extended as far into the future as we possibly can. If we can only get it extended for two years I think that is great but I don’t think that the American people should have to pay for that by having to have some new massive spending tied to it," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told ABC's "Good Morning

Bill O'Reilly: President Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich. Talking Points believes that a compromise will be reached over the tax issue.

MSNBC: In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann discusses how the “false god” of objectivity in news reporting failed America in the lead up to the Iraq War, and points out that some of the most revered named in news were actually attacked in their times for being too partial in speaking truth to power.

It's really not an efficient use of our resources to put us through this," Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger said suggesting that flight crew should be allowed to bypass much of the pre-boarding security screening required of passengers. Sullenberger was the pilot that landed a damaged plane in the Hudson River.

President Obama and Democrats or Republicans? Who will blink on the Bush tax cuts debate? Sen. John Thune (R-SD) discusses.

"I’m going to be talking to my colleagues about what would be the best route to take to ensure that the oversight responsibilities of the Congress will, in fact, not be compromised,” Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) told MSNBC.

CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer discusses whether or not Sarah Palin can parlay a new reality television show "Sarah Palin's Alaska" into a run for president in 2012, and if that is her intention. Real Clear Politics' Scott Conroy, author of "Sarah from Alaska," joined Schieffer on Monday's "Washington Unplugged."