the first vote it failed by one vote. the bill -- >> greta: same day? >> same day. it was brought out of committee without this language in it. chairman smith did not support this language. they got a second vote through some mechanism. it passed by a few votes the second time. it came with that language in it. i moved to take the language out. had a lot of supporters, but it want enough. people said well if we don't pass it the bill would have to be revoted in the house of the but it would have passed the house again. there was no problem with that in my opinion. that became the basis for some people not to support the ledge -- the amendment. >> greta: a lot of americans are unhappy with these special deals. the firm would have been on the hook for 214 million dollars. but the other side of the issue is, had this not happened the -- if the congress weren't giving