SEN. MIKE LEE (R-UTAH): For those of you in this body who are in fact opposed to Obamacare, I ask you how can you oppose -- to be against it and yet fund it? And so I would invite you to consider the possibility that what you're doing in thinking about funding it isn't really where you want to go. Consider what might be said about this. Defund it o

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, you wonder, Obama says he needs the money, whatever he is going to raise from tax reform for investment, which of course means spending on jobs programs. So essentially as he said, I think the statement from the White House was programs that will jump start jobs for the economy. Now, how many times has he used the wor

KRAUTHAMMER: The other issue, the one you are talking about now, I think is a ginned up issue for this reason. It's all about tactics; it's not about what you think about Obamacare. The tactic that these brave people are telling us we have to do is jump off a cliff so we can show our manhood. Unless you believe that you are ready to shut down the g

"The grievances we face in America have changed over time–just as the country has changed," Rev. Al Sharpton said in an open letter to Bill O'Reilly on the Tuesday broadcast of his MSNBC program. "But today, there are still deep injustices that we must address. Our criminal justice system too often treats millions of Americans differently because

NEIL CAVUTO: Do you think this is going to be a real, you know, interfamily -- more than a squabble but maybe a big old fight for Republicans on what is proper privacy protections verses life protection? MARK LEVIN: Yes, because we conservatives have been fighting against the Republican establishment for half a century. Whether they take the for

PRESIDENT OBAMA: If they’ve got a better plan to bring back more manufacturing jobs here to Tennessee and around the country, then let them know -- let me know. I want to hear them. If they've got a better plan to create jobs rebuilding our infrastructure or to help workers earn the high-tech skills that they need, then they should offer up the

SEN. RAND PAUL: "We have two military bases in Kentucky. Is Governor Christie recommending that we shut down our military bases? He wants to be this great champion of national defense. What does he want to do? Shut down military bases in Kentucky? No, what this debate is really about is that in order to have enough money for national defense--which

GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE: "I find it interesting that Sen. Paul is accusing us of having a "Gimme, gimme, gimme" attitude toward federal spending when in fact New Jersey is a donor state and we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington. Interestingly, Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they send to Washington." ### CHRISTIE: "So if

Sen. Cruz told Shannon Bream it is "sad" to see the Obama administration disregarding the Constitution. He criticized the administration for not following the law as written. A few weeks ago, the government announced it would postpone the mandate for employers until 2015, but not for individuals. That's concerning, explained the senator, because

BRIT HUME: The poor condition of the economy is an important cause of the poor condition of our politics. That’s because a surging economy means a surge in tax receipts. That takes pressure off the federal budget because there’s enough money to finance both federal spending and other things while keeping tax rates low. That’s how things were

PFC Bradley Manning is acquitted of aiding the enemy, but found guilty of other charges in the WikiLeaks case.

OBAMA: So I’m going to try offering something that serious people in both parties should be able to support: a deal that simplifies the tax code for our businesses and creates good jobs with good wages for middle-class folks who work at those businesses. ### I'm willing to simplify our tax code -- closes those loopholes, ends incentives t

CNN's Piers Morgan went head-to-head with Ken Hanson, a man who has helped raise $12,000 for George Zimmerman to buy a new gun. Morgan asked him if he "would sleep soundly" if Zimmerman killed again. MORGAN: Right, but what if he does it again? What if Trayvon Martin's older brother is walking in the same area in a few month's time,

Anthony Weiner, the NYC mayoral candidate riddled with online sex scandals, is showing some slack in the polls since his latest sexting story went public, but he’s not leaving the race just yet. The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman and Terry O’Neill, President of the National Organization for Women, join MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss why W

Chris Hayes is joined by McDonald's employee Kareem Starks, former Domino's employee Gregory Reynoso, Tsedeye Gebreselassie from the National Employment Law Project, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., to talk about the ongoing protests for a living wage.

BILL O'REILLY: The day of the race hustlers is coming to an end. This 'we' and 'them' business gets the country nowhere. Fair-minded Americans well understand there are severe problems in the black community that have to be solved, and it will take honest, courageous people to do that.

Secretary Kerry flew back and forth to the Middle East for months to bring both parties to the table. Will his efforts bear fruit or are these just another round of talks to talk about when to talk? Charles Krauthammer, Julie Pace, and Jonah Goldberg discuss.