Al Sharpton tells MSNBC he wants a "standard across the board in government on how we use [public] airwaves" in order for a radio host to obtain an FCC license.Sharpton specifically is going after Rush Limbaugh for "racism.""I'm very determined," Sharpton told MSNBC's Ed Schultz.

"This isn't the DREAM Act, this is the Republicans' wet DREAM Act," Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said on MSNBC.

"There is time for compromise and there is time to understand what is at stake here. It's the future of this country and what kind of country we will be. I think this president should fight and bring the people to his side. Rally them and expose those who are so thuggish in their holy grail mission to make the rich, richer," The Nation's Katrina Va

Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-KY) says his current inclination would be to vote against the "compromise" bill. He wants to permanently extend the Bush-era tax cuts, without extending unemployment benefits.

“There’s some things, I think, that would make the bill much better and we’re going to work on those,” Senate Majority Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said about the bill extending Bush-era tax rates and unemployment benefits.

Outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says the DREAM Act represents the new "American dream." "In coming here, these new comers, from that time a couple hundred years ago and to this day, by coming with that optimism and hope and commitment to a better future for the next generation, they made America more American. So tonight, we have an o

Republicans in the focus group give Obama a HIGHER approval rating than Democrats on the extension of the Bush-era tax rates.

Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) says the DREAM Act "means everything to hundreds of thousands of de-facto Americans. To them and all of us it is supremely important and supremely urgent."

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) says President Obama should not listen to the "dwindling" liberal base's opinion on extending the current tax rates. "He is taking a clear action of leadership that will help invigorate the economy and actually put money in people's hands," Webb told CNN. Webb further explains that unemployment benefits gives money for pe

Karl Rove says President Obama needs to reward people who are on payrolls. Rove says Obama is "Genetically wired" to find "somebody to attack." "He helped himself on neither side," Rove said of Obama's press conference on unemployment benefits and tax rate extension yesterday. As "far left" as Obama is, he is unable to satisfy the far-left

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-Mass.) says President Obama's compromise bill will "concentrate" wealth. MSNBC's Ed Schultz asks Rep. Hinchey if there will be a "big fight" over tax rate extensions.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) talks about the government building the "common weal" or "common good" for the American people.

AP: The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to give hundreds of thousands of foreign-born youngsters brought to America illegally a chance at legal status, a fleeting victory for an effort that appears doomed in the Senate. The so-called DREAM Act, which passed the House 216-198, has been viewed by Hispanic activists and immigr

Rush Limbaugh: Where will the government go for money after QEII and printing money fails? Limbaugh says they will have to go after the people "who have earned it." Limbaugh asks: How do will the Obama administration target these people? Note: The first two minutes of this clip is a caller expressing his outrage over attacks on extensions

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), HHS Janet Napolitano and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) urge Congress to pass the DREAM Act.

Rep. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) expresses his anger at extending the break on the estate tax (or death tax). When asked how it got through, van Hollen was flustered and said President Obama "caved" on the measure. "Time will tell," van Hollen said when asked if he thinks the tax cut "compromise" will pass. Van Hollen said former President Teddy

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the incoming chair of a powerful oversight committee, wants to look at how stimulus money was spent.

Gov. Bobby Jindal talks about his new book and governorship on MSNBC. "Hardball" host Chris Matthews asks why Jindal didn't hold back his criticism of sitting President Barack Obama?

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) says the tax extension compromise is essentially a second stimulus.

Juan Williams on tax cut bill, the compromise, START and DREAM Act.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is fuming over the tax extension deal President Obama made. The Democratic lawmaker says Obama went from "zero to compromise" without a fight.

President Obama says "more and more" Democrats will say the tax rate extension compromise "makes sense." "I think it is inaccurate to characterize Democrats, writ large, as quote-unquote betrayed," Obama told reporters.

Democratic strategist Bob Shrum defends President Obama compromising on extending the Bush-era tax cuts. Shrum calls the bill a "second stimulus."

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) says House Democrats are "disappointed" with President Obama's compromise. Frank says he is glad, though, that the Bush tax cuts will "only" be extended for two years, because the recession will be over by then.

CNN: David Axelrod, senior adviser, President Obama, responds to Democrats' reactions over extension of Bush-era tax cuts.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC): "I’m glad the President recognizes that tax increases hurt the economy. I mean, I guess that’s progress. But frankly, Hugh, most of us who ran this election said we were not going to vote for anything that increased the deficit. This does. It raises taxes, it raises the death tax. I don’t think we needed

"This last week, between the Korean trade deal and this [tax cut compromise] has frankly been a sell out, a sellout to the middle class," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said on CNN.

Dr. Charles Krauthammer: "This is the kind of stimulus the President would dream of." "You've got almost a trillion dollars in the hands of Americans who will spend it and Republicans will argue that doing it through taxes is the way to stimulate an economy and recovery," he added.

Howard Fineman says President Obama did not anger just liberals and progressives, but Blue Dog Democrats too when he compromised on the Bush tax cuts.

Jane Hamsher, Adam Green, Roger Hodge and Ezra Klein join the show to discuss Obama’s compromise with the GOP on taxes.

Bill O'Reilly: The president is making the calculation that the far left will rally to him, down the road, despite their disenchantment now.