to take a stand, democrats punting on this is a bad move. bill: you heard david abg elrod from the white house, he blames republicans. he says republicans on the senate side, knowing you're on the house side. republicans on the senate side are holding this thing up. is he right? or are there enough democrats on the fence to say, hang on a moment. >> bill, if they've got time to have a hearing with stephen colbert they can take a vote on pending tax relief. i believe all the tax cuts would be extending but they just don't want to hold that vote. bill: on the screen you can see for a family of four making $50,000 a year, if the tax cuts are not extended they will pay $2,900 more in taxes during a time when as you no and you've stated and we talked to stu varney that the economy is still struggling. family of four making a hundred