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• Former U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN). Will Obama's tax deal make him a one term President?
• Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR, 4th district). Liberals Try to Prevent Pelosi From Bringing Tax Bill to the Floor.
• Jackie Gingrich Cushman, author of "The Essential American: 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Read" and daughter of Newt Gingrich.
  

Quote of the Day: "Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Today is International Human Rights Day - "Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!"

Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be live from the Senate floor where he is filibustering the tax cuts deal...call Thom with your questions for the Senator - www.sanders.senate.gov

You need to know this. House Democrats are for the first time trying to implement majority rule within their own party. Congressmen Peter DeFazio – Jim McDermott – and Jay Inslee are circulating a letter in opposition to President Obama’s tax cut deal. They hope to convince 60 members of the House Democratic Caucus to sign on to it and force a vote within the caucus on whether or not the tax cut package should be brought to the House floor. As Congressman DeFazio says, “We want to have a record vote in the caucus on a resolution that says this resolutio