Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) says a tax increase is "right around the corner.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the Republican strategy to stop the Democrats' lame duck session agenda. McConnell also addresses his opinion on Iraq during the Bush-era, which the President writes about in his new book.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: "At the end of the day the Republicans stayed unified, and that is the blueprint for defeating Obamaism and the Democrats from here on out. I know, Mr. Krauthammer has a piece on Obama, "The New Comeback Kid," how he's outsmarted everybody here. He's taken what was one of the worst humiliating defeats in presidential history in t

President Obama: "Right now, what all of us care about is growing the American economy and creating jobs for the American people. Taken as a whole, that's what this package of tax relief is going to do. It's a good deal for the American people, this is progress, and that's what they sent us here to achieve."

Senate Republicans are making sure that any short term fix to keep the government open will not include money for President Barack Obama’s landmark health reform bill. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discusses.

The White House's Democratic allies in the US Senate should drop plans to repeal a military ban on gays serving openly or risk the fate of a nuclear pact with Russia, a Republican senator said Friday.

Congressman-elect Allen West (R-FL) West says the Democrats didn't want to be the party that drove up tax rates and shut-down the government.

MSNBC: Polls show Americans actually like seeing some compromise in Washington. Richard Wolffe and Ari Berman join msnbc's Lawrence O'Donnell to debate. Wolffe says attack from his own side shows the public that Obama is more toward the center.

MSNBC: It's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you're a U.S. senator. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter and Mother Jones’ David Corn join Hardball’s Chris Matthews to discuss the spat between Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl and Harry Reid over the timing of legislative activities.

DR. CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: "With an omnibus, what the Democrats are doing, it's the way of the past reaching into the future. The omnibus is a way for the 111th Congress -- which has been repudiated, voted out -- [or] Democratic control to influence, to constrain and to control what happens next year."

At some point, people get what they deserve. Congress has spent us into near bankruptcy. What do we have to show for it?