don t want us funding the president s illegal amnesty. and i think that s what we need to do. we need to respect the american people martha: understood. this is insulting. martha: let me ask you this, you ve been a very proud and outspoken spokeswoman in many ways for the tea party and the issues that they ve stood for over the course of your term on capitol hill, and today s your last day on capitol hill this is. martha: how do you think your party s going to look in january and going forward in this next congress? well, i m extremely excited with the election results. this would be the first time in a long time that the congress has been led by republicans both in the house and in the senate, and i am hopeful that they will be emboldened to do the right thing. because the values that people care about are these: they don t want the government to spend more money than what it takes in, they want the government to follow the laws that it passes, and they believe that people a
martha: she rummages around the whole building, finally she puts everything in a big black trash bag, kind of like the grinch, and leaves. police are still looking for this thief. bill: the cost of president obama s executive action on immigration now going even higher. perhaps more than one million undocumented people can now receive benefits through two federal programses, both of which an irs watchdog group says is plagued by fraud. byron york writes about it, chief washington correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox news contributor. good morning to you. good morning, bill. bill: this is the income earned tax credit which does what? how are you eligible? well, there are two programs. one is the earned income tax credit, one is the child tax credit. they re meant for working people, for low income people, and what they are is a tax refund that s bigger than your tax liability. so in other words, the government writes you a check. if you have a tax liability you
think it s good-natured ribbing. i think what they re saying is this guy, you know, he can t pick a good film, and he probably mimics a lot of what many conservative americans believe about his policies. martha: leslie, what do you think? oh, kevin. i feel like i have a single bullet, magic bullet theory going on here. [laughter] with all due respect, my friend, kevin, you re color blind on this issue, sir. this is clearly, first of all, the first two films they talk about in the e-mail, both are about slavery, african-american leads playing slaves. all four films have to do with african-american leads, an african-american cast, and i think it s completely offensive not only to the numerous african-americans who buy tickets that help to pay the salaries of these folks at sony, but to the talent, the many producers and directors, actors and actresses that are also african-american.
americans billions of dollars in tax fraud money. we ll explain that. martha: and a heartless thief breaks into a church, stealing christmas presents from under the tree. grinch-like. i would say. if you re stealing from a church at christmas time, and if you ll steal from a church at christmas time, you ll steal from anyone. i m an idaho potato farmer and our big idaho potato truck is still missing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it s out there somewhere spreading the word about america s favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association s go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you ll let us know. always look for the grown in idaho seal.
minority associations took part in that. that means protect the constitution and the separation of powers. the president has claimed the authority to write laws out of the oval office of the white house. he has no such authority, and we ve got to have a vote to prove that. martha: congressman steve king accusing the president of executive overreach on immigration. conservatives are pushing to use the power of the purse to block his deportation order including congresswoman michele bachmann, republican from minnesota. good to have you here on your last day in office. it s good to have you. let s jump into some of this, and then we ll get to that in just a moment. you re very unhappy, obviously, with the passage of this bill. why? it s the most consequential vote that i cast in eight years because not only is it an unconstitutional act that the president made by issuing millions of work permits or his