we want to keep fighting the debate and stick a stick in the spoke of getting the agency up and running. unless you agree to rip off the arms and legs from this agency. we went let it go forward. i think it s a deeply shocking position. without changes, some republicans vow to fight the nomination. but the president says he will stand firm. i will fight to repeal the changes we passed. i asked about the rumors she may run against scott brown returning home to massachusetts. she said she needs vacation and time with her grandchildren before deciding what do next. thank you. those battling traumatic brain injury are hoping for help from congress later in the program. first, another casualty in the u.k. news of the world phone hacking scandal.
leads first of the nation caucus polls, minnesota congresswoman bachmann largely ignores pawlenty. today she played up a close house partnership with popular iowa congressman steve kung to defund and repeal obamacare. it will be socialized medicine in the united states. it s a crown jewel of socialism. reporter: bachmann went to south carolina where she signed the cut, cap and balance pledge. two weeks said she said it doesn t go far enough but it s become top priority of powerful senator jim demint and fiscal hawks in congress in texas, governor rick perry s record is getting closely scrutinized, too. his state budget shows a surplus but it has grown faster than inflation and population growth. and spending has grown faster than under the predecessor bush. perry s day of prayer and fasting in houston is august 6. right when he initially planned announce the decision to run or not. he has said he could take more time but he told the des moines register i am getting more comfortab
this is one month of medical bills and she hopes congress will intervene. reporter: the new jersey representative cofound over of the congressional brain injury task force is asking to make treatment essential benefit under the patient protection and affordable care about. they will define the guidelines so brain-injured people can feel assured. that they are going to get proper care. reporter: the department of health and human services is considering the request telling fox h.h.s. will be engaging in a public process later this year to get broad input for the process of establishing essential benefits. until then, families like the beatties continue to fight in pennsylvania, laura ingle, fox news. bret: we will look at the latest attempt to solve the debt crisis including one republican senator s ambitious plan with the fox all-stars in a moment. [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain
trillions more. mcconnell continues pressing for bolder change but is losing hope. the republicans are trying to persuade the president of the need for a course correction. but weeks of negotiations have shown his commitment to big government is simply too great to lead to the kind of long-term reforms we need. reporter: reid says lawmakers must find a solution. we ll stay in session every day, saturday and sunday until congress passes legislation to prevent the united states from defaulting on negotiation. reporter: in chicago, key ally expressed support for the mcconnell-reid plan. more work to be done. joint committee can tackle it but it s responsible way out of the crisis. reporter: lindsey graham favors constitutional amendment but there isn t enough support in the senate. we have the people behind us. 72% of the american people want balanced budget. reporter: the president called for shared sacrifice. i am still pushing for to us achieve a big deal.
the interesting thing is the perspective from the debate, this won t pass congress is it puts revenue on the table. not many republicans are willing to do that. democrats will go back to that and say even tom coburn is willing to do it. bret: the tax code is restretchtureed and close it down. the republicans haven t been opposed to that from the beginning. if there is a major change, they said they would close the loopholes. right from the perspective of the short-term production now it s difficult argument. they are willing to talk about it auz a separate discussion but they are focused on the cuts. i think tom coburn s message isn t a good one for most of the republicans right now who are very, very opposed to going anything against grover norquist americans for tax reform pledge. bret: you say it s too late to begin? maybe. bret: juan? it s difficult for republicans or democrats to look at the cuts seriously