approach to it. shannon: we know the irs has the power to do it. they can ax them. we are talking about 1,275,000 employees out there on the government payroll. hundreds of them on congressional staff, 50 of them, i understand, in the executive office of the president? we have nearly 7 hundred people working on capitol hill that work in the house and senate that fall into the category called serious delinquent tax debt. that is they are not just behind in their parents they have gotten into the category that says the irs says this is serious tax debt. and the bill says, look, if you are trying to get out of this hole. if you are having your wages garnished and you are trying to do your best, we are not going to fire you. but if you are truly one of those people who are avoiding at all costs all of your taxes, then why should you be on the federal payroll. it s a privilege to be there and we have got too many good people who are honest people and that s who we are trying to prioriti
we ought to be going step by step to fix the cost problem. republican senator orrin hatch warnd that democrats are playing a dangerous political game trying to pass healthcare legislation using the senate reconciliation rules, in other words, without bipartisan support. the president set march 17th as the deadline for trying to pass the senate bill and then move on to a package of separate changes to fixes to the massive legislation. shannon? shannon: thank you very much. could democrats find them out of power? joining us to debate that are susan estrich and david avila. thisth is a tough one. nancy pelosi the house speaker asking some members to walk the plank and saying it is not about preserving your service in congress. it is about serving the people. she needs their votes and wants their votes. will she get them?
million-dollar contribution to the rangel center attached to city college and some questions about his financial disclosure forms and taxes and four rent controlled amounts in harlem. ethics committee has to come back on all of those things. we are seeing the beginning for charlie rangel. shannon: he has successfully deflected a numbers of accusations and charges up to this point. what is it that finally led from democratic leadership that it s time. midterm elections being a few months off is really. the democrats came in on the message of a culture of corruption, they were going to clean up washington. it s not a very good message for them to have charlie rangel s picture splashed across every headline with corruption allegations. members were starlighting to feel worried whether there was going to resonate with voters in the midterm. we know voters care very much about ethics. they cared about it in 2006 and brought bats drats to power. in fact, the republicans, that s why they