CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I wrote a month ago that his objective in demanding a hike in tax rates was entirely political because the Speaker offered him the same amount of money by eliminating loopholes. So, if he wanted the money, that's all he wanted was to raise revenues, it was handed to him. But he said no, you have to raise rates. Why? Because he

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL): What is going to be absolutely essential and that will be an element is that whatever we do going forward, the fiscal cliff deal that we passed last night is one step towards a balanced approach. So, the Republicans also need to understand that this is now just -- not now, we're just going to turn to spending c

Robert Costa of National Review and Ron Meyer Jr. of a conservative group called American Majority Action weigh in on the Boehner drama on CNBC's "Kudlow Report." Meyer, whose group is working to build up momentum to oust Boehner, claims that the he will resign tomorrow rather than seek another term as Speaker of the House. Meyer, who doesn't sh

Barney Frank: That's because you ask very specialized questions. You have a special beat in business and about which I know something. But I get the general press asking, "do you want to comment on this and comment on that?" when I haven't read about it and don't know about it. And what I have found is that, on the whole, the members of Congress ar

FOX News contributor and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer explains his "Benghazi flu" comment about Hillary Clinton and why he made it. Krauthammer also says he will not apologize to Clinton and instead said it is the State Department who ought to apologize because they withheld information about her health and condition for the past two

"In a sense America voted for big government in November. What it didn't vote for is the willingness to pay for it. We have the biggest gap between revenue and spending of any nation on Earth. So people have got to get real about this. If you want Swedish-style government, you have to pay Swedish-style taxes. And if you don’t, you have to grow up

Republican CNN Contributor Erick Erickson says he favors current Speaker, John Boehner, over Rep. Eric Cantor. BLITZER: We got to go, but Erick, did you just say you think Boehner will be a better speaker than Eric Cantor? ROSEN: Yes. ERICKSON: I absolutely think Boehner is better speaker than Eric Cantor. I don't trust Eric Ca

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) ripped House Republicans for wrapping up the 112th Congress without a vote on Hurricane Sandy aid. The bill, which would give about $60 billion to those affected by the Hurricane, was tabled. "I'm not taking this as a personal offense; I’m talking about the thousands of people in my district, the hundreds of thousands of

"Our opportunity here is on the debt ceiling," Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) said on "Morning Joe" today. "The president has made it very clear, he doesn't even want to have a discussion about it because he knows this is where we have leverage. We Republicans need to be willing to tolerate a temporary partial government shutdown." "We're only going

Mark Halperin on "Morning Joe" makes the point that Obama as a Senator was against raising the debt ceiling.

New Jersey Governor Governor Chris Christie spoke out today against Congress's failure to pass a bill granting aid to the states affected by Hurricane Sandy. Christie: There's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. The House Majority and their Speaker, John Boehner. This is not a Republican or a Democratic

Rep. Ton Price (R-Georgia) calls for "red state leadership" in the House on WMAL-AM this morning.

"This is in effect. Anyone who brings him up, unless it's me, is fired. I can’t take the man’s voice, I don’t want to hear him, I don’t want to know about him. You want that information, go anyplace else. There’s thousands of outlets. You can have all the information you want, I’m not talking about that man," Glenn Beck said on his radi

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I would look, not at his associates, or appointees, but just at his behavior. He didn't do anything on debt in the first two years, except rack it up. A trillion a year. And then he appoints a commission, which gave excellent recommendations -- the idea of tax reform, entitlement reform, in detail, completely ignores it and he

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie calls Congress' inaction over Superstorm Sandy relief aid "disgraceful."

Sean Hannity opines on the fiscal cliff deal on his nationally syndicated radio program. HANNITY: The deal in every way is a bad deal, and it’s one, frankly, that conservatives should have rejected outright. But from the very beginning, because there was a time frame on this, the president used that to his advantage and he argued that Republi

(CBS News) Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) said today on "CBS This Morning" that the GOP "got whooped" in the "fiscal cliff" compromise that passed the House last night. LaTourette, a moderate Republican who is retiring from Congress this week, h

On CNBC's "Squawk Box" today, Senator Corker expressed disappointment in the failure of a fiscal cliff agreement to reduce spending, saying the first quarter of the 113th Congress needs to be about one thing: entitlement reform, encouraging passage of his dollar-for-dollar legislation that would reduce the growth of spending on Medicare, Medicaid a

President Obama releases a video, through his campaign, that explains what's in the fiscal cliff deal and what it means for the average person.

"He has no interest in anything other than raising the level of taxation to pre-Reagan levels so he can support the entitlement state, which is what his presidency is all about. It’s a very long view, and I think he’s attacking it exactly the right way if you are of his ideology," Charles Krauthammer said.

House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA) gives his parting remarks on the House floor after 32 years of service. Dreier spoke on the floor Tuesday night, prior to the vote on fiscal cliff agreement.