Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer appeared with Christiane Amanpour  and was asked about recent comments where he unintentionally revealed instructions to refer to the Tea Party as "extreme." Schumer did not back down from the description, and explained further why he is not happy with the Tea Party's influence in Washington.

Schumer argued that since "the Tea Party is the group standing in the way [of a budget compromise], they are extreme." He also wanted to give Tea Party supporters a lesson in how the American government works and informed them it's not "our way or no way," as some Tea Party leaders would like. And, in order to cite an example of how "extreme" the Tea Party is, Schumer claimed that the Tea Party is in favor of cutting federal aid to students attending college, but not supportive of cutting subsidies to large oil companies.