Work. Exert their efforts. Thats where they want to concentrate. Thats where when you have a bill that comes to committee, you can have maybe 200, 300 amendments in committee. And the chairman and the Ranking Member thats the name we give to the person with the most seniority in the minority can sit down together and sort through these amendments. And out of the 200, there are probably 100 that nobody would really in their right mind offer. And out of the remaining ones, youll find that there are people on both sides that have very similar ideas on how to solve that problem. And you get those people to sit down together, take a look at all the amendments that are similar to that and see if they cant come up with a single amendment that will solve that part of the problem. And you know what . They do. Now, it might not be 100 of what they want. Its probably again only 80 of what they want. But its something they can all agree on. Heres the really magnificent part that helps it get throu
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Wall street. The dow skyrocketing after Congress Comes together on a deal that prevents tax hikes for the majority of americans. But dont get too happy just yet. This deal only sets up a nastier showdown in the coming months. Well break that down in a moment. But first, this. Were going to start with superstorm sandy. At anytime now, any minute, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie set to hold a News Conference on the fight over aid to victims of superstorm sandy. These victims may have to wait for months for help, because your Congress Just cannot get it together. Unless, unless a meeting this hour provides a last minute fix, house lawmakers will leave town would the passing an aid package to help sandy survivors rebuild their homes and their lives. Lawmakers from areas affected by sandy are furious that the senatepassed bill may die. Republican congressman peter king says it is all Speaker Boehners fault. Speaker boehner is the one. He walked off the floor. He refused to toll us why. R
Postal service. His alleged crimes laundering money and defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors. The bannon indictment coming from the Southern District of new york where the attorney general sought to decapitate the office. From the New York Times mr. Bannon was arrested early thursday on a 35 million, 150foot yacht off the coast of connecticut. Working with the coast guard federal postal inspectors and special agents boarded the vessel. He was arrested days before mr. Trump was to be nominated for a second term. Also making legal headlines the federal judge ruling against the president and paving the way for trumps tax returns to be turned over. Also from New York Times reporting a federal judge rejected President Trumps latest effort to block the Manhattan District Attorney from obtaining his tax returns. Dismissing mr. Trumps arguments that the prosecutors grand jury subpoena was wildly overbroad. That setback pofor the presidens legal plight that might force the handing over of
1. 9 trillion stimulus plan that will likely be introduced only days later. It is a busy agenda. Its a busy first 100 day and takes off in little more than two days. Welcome. Im neil cavuto. This is your world. On top first, what the soontobe new commanderinchief has in store or what will be a blitzkrieglike start. Peter doocy with what hes hearing. Hi, peter. Neil, good afternoon. The next administration is talking about this return to joe biden talked about. We just heard from kamala harris. Shes talking about big profound structural changes. Were going into wednesday knowing that were ready to do the work. We have a lot of work to do. Its not going to be easy. As we discussed, joe outlined our plans for vaccinations, our plans for recovery and in particular relief for working people, for families. And theres a lot to do. Some would say its an ambitious goal but we believe with hard work and cooperation and collaboration of the congress that we can get it done. Theres many executive