Harry Smith spoke with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and Rep. elect Mike Kelly (R-PA) on how, with a shift in power, will congress set aside disagreements and work together to solve such issues as deficit reduction, job creation, and turning the economy around.
January 2, 2011 FULL TEXT Transcript:
GUESTS: REPRESENTATIVE MICHELE BACHMANN R-Minnesota, REPRESENTATIVE DARRELL ISSA R-California, REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ D-Florida, REPRESENTATIVE ANTHONY WEINER D-New York, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT MIKE KELLY R-Pennsylvania, MODERATOR PANELIST: Mr. Harry Smith CBS News.
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HARRY SMITH: Today on FACE THE NATION, power shift. The new Congress, more Republicans, fewer Democrats and the President says he’s ready.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I’m willing to work with anyone of either party who’s got a good idea and the commitment to see it through.
HARRY SMITH: So who will hold sway? What influence will the Tea Party have on the Republicans? And for Democrats will they be united against Republican rule, or can the two sides work together. We’ll talk with House Democrats Debbie Wasserman Shultz of Florida and Anthony Weiner of New York, along with Republican Tea Party caucus leader Michele Bachman of Minnesota plus Tea Party-backed Representative-elect Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania. Then we’ll hear from Congressman Darrell Issa, the new chairman of the House committee, in charge of government investigation, about his plans. But first, what’s ahead for the new Congress on FACE THE NATION.
ANNOUNCER: FACE THE NATION with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer. And now from Washington, substituting for Bob Schieffer, Harry Smith.
HARRY SMITH: Happy New Year, everybody. Thank you all, panel, here in New-- in Washington for joining us and Michele Bachmann joins us this morning from Minneapolis. Well, the 112th Congress set to convene on Wednesday, but I want to go back a little bit and talk about the last workings of the 111th with you, Michele, and in particular that the year ended with this deal on taxes and an extension of unemployment benefits. Would that deal have been made with a Congress that’s about to take convene on Wednesday?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHELE BACHMANN (R-Minnesota): Well, that’s a good question. There was a diversity of opinion on this bill. I voted against it because I was concerned about it not being paid for. It also blows a one-hundred-eleven-billion-dollar hole in the Social Security trust fund. There is no money in that trust fund, so they have to go to the General Treasury where there’s also no money. That means an additional borrowing for that one hundred eleven billion, in addition to the fifty-seven billion for unemployment. So we’re-- we’re continuing to go down the road that we’ve gone down before which is spending money that we don’t have. And that’s really, I think, one of the strongest messages that we took away from the election in November. Stop spending money that you don’t have.
HARRY SMITH: Is the Republican Party in this new Congress, is it a House divided?
REPRESENTATIVE MICHELE BACHMANN: No. I really don’t think it is. I think, we’re very-- I think we’re-- we’re fairly unified, but of course, you know, we-- we won’t all necessarily be agreeing on everything. But I think you see a fairly-- fairly cohesive group that we-- we have a sing-- singularity of purpose and that we want to be able to get the budget in order. I think that’s really job number one, because we want to see the-- the economy shift so that we have a focus on private job creation. FULL TEXT IN PDF FORMAT
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