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FBC Lou Dobbs Tonight December 13, 2014

Urging her caucus to vote no, and she blasted president obama while her number two, congressman steny hoyer was actually urging the bills passage. The democrats, that divide. The president spokesman claiming no hard feelings between the white house and the minority leader. Well just say that the president has always had not just a good working relationship but open line of communication with leader pelosi. That didnt change yesterday and its not going to change in the future. Lou reid is playing nice, he wants the trillion dollar, 1600 page bill passed tonight. But the democratic ranks in the senate are severely divided. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill and has our report. Reporter lou, the drama isnt entirely over on capitol hill. House passed a trillion dollar plus government funding extension, now its up to the senate. Were going to consider the legislation to keep our government open and funded and do it today, i hope. Senators are unhappy with the legislation, and theyll have a chance to make their objections heard. Reporter if senators want to run around the clock, Congress Passed emergency funding extension through tomorrow night. The house passed a second extension through wednesday. The Senate Appropriations chair who negotiated the bipartisan bicameral deal is pushing colleagues to pass the bill quickly. We will not have government on autopilot and will be able to fund our responsibilities and protect america and really prepare america for both today and the rest of the 21st century. Reporter senators republican david vitter and Elizabeth Warren filed amendment hoping to strip a provision that would weaken doddfrank banking regulations and warren says could lead to future bailouts. The houses impasse lifted when democratic senator steny hoyer split with leader nancy pelosi. I have concluded it is better for us to pass this cromnibus as it is euphemistically referred to, to defeat it. I urge my members to vote for the cromnibus. Reporter House Speaker john boehner all smiles when he realized he had the votes to pass the bill 219206. 67 republicans voted against the measure and a number of conservative members were left frustrated. Obamacare is funded. Obamas executive amnesty funded. We insisted on a vote that would allow us to cut off all funding to implement his executive amnesty. Reporter republicans who backed the compromise say boehner did his job keeping government open and leadership wont suffer longterm damage. I think its important that House Republicans stay together. If were divided, the person who benefits most is the president. The American People in the last election said they were unhappy with the president s policy. Thats why we had sweeping victories in the house and the senate, and together we can get good things done. Reporter the date to circle on your calendar is february 17th when Homeland Security funding would run out. Many are expecting boehner and Senate Republican leaders to stand up and fight funding for president obamas executive action on immigration. Lou . Lou mike emanuel reporting from capitol hill. The optics on the drama on capitol hill in the final days of the 113th congress are impressive. President obama fighting hard to get his fellow democrats to support John Boehners trillion dollar spending bill. The lame duck either tired of six years of fighting over budgets or the president is giving a preview of possible compromise when divided government leans far more right in january. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry with our report. Reporter if this was the first postelection test of president obamas juice, he stumbled. Despite sending Denis Mcdonough to twist arms behind closed doors, it was the revolt of House Democrats who declared that the commander in chief is a lame duck. If the president is lobbying, we do not like it and were saying do not be intimidated by anybody. Reporter democrats upset about a provision rolling back wall street reforms. 139 democrats voted against the bill and the president. The white house aides put the best face on it noting 57 House Democrats voted yes, helping to give the president major victories by running roughshod over republican objections and Getting Health Care law. On neither measure were we able to implement those initiatives and continue to make progress on them. That is a clear win for democrats and a clear win for the president. Reporter indeed, the president got other goodies like money for a Climate Change fund, legacy items that might put Speaker John Boehner in hot water with conservatives. Democratic leader nancy pelosi bucking him. Enormously disappointed that the white house feels that the only way they can get a bill is to go along with this. Reporter the president today tried to soften that blow by noting this is the new political reality for his party. This is whats produced when you have the divided government that the American People voted for. There are a bunch of provisions in this bill i really do not like. Reporter last year when republicans did not like the president S Health Care law and forced the government shutdown, the president lashed out. One faction of one party in one house of congress, in one branch of government, shut down major parts of the government. All because they didnt like one law. Reporter now with one faction of the Democratic Party at least flirting with the shutdown, the white house attacks on republicans are a distant memory. A year ago the president , jay carney and others said they were hostagetakers, terrorists. Because they shut down the government, ed. Reporter democrats tried last night. The democrats said they would not be willing to support this compromised proposal because they had concerns about the specific provisions. Reporter concerns about wall street reform that democrats express now that was a principled stand in the white house. Concerns republicans expressed about health care, not so much. Lou . Lou ed, thank you very much, ed henry from the white house. While the budget, the spending bill hangs in the balance, the architect of the president s signature Health Care Law is now firmly in the cross hairs of congressional investigators. Jonathan gruber testified before the House Oversight Committee Earlier this week, calling the American Voters stupid on a number of occasions. Well whos stupid now . Hes being subpoenaed by congressman darrell issa because he refused to answer how much taxpayer money he actually made in compensation as adviser to the government on obamacare. Fox news chief Political Correspondent carl cameron has our report. Reporter house government Oversight Committee chairman darrell issa subpoenaed m. I. T. Professor and former Affordable Care act consultant Jonathan Gruber for all documents and communications with federal, state and local Government Employees related with aspects of work on the president S Health Care law. Gruber testified voluntarily this week and got slammed for the 2013 assertion that passing obamacare hinged on concealing flaws from an ignorant public. Huge political advantage, and basically called the stupidity of the American Voter or whatever, basically that was really critical. I sincerely apologize with conjecturing with the tone of expertise and doing so in a disparaging fashion. I knew better, i know better, im embarrassed and im sorry. Reporter under oath tuesday, gruber said he was not the author or architect of obamacare. Old videos like this class lecture keep emerging to raise doubts. Im going to describe objectively, i helped write it. Ill trying to objective, pull the disclaimer i was involved in writing the legislation, there is bias involved here. Reporter gruber had contracts with 12 states from california to maine between 2009 and 2014. He earned at least two million and perhaps as much as five million dollars. Gruber does not believe there were deliberate attempts to conceal unpalletable aspects of obamacare. They want to see if grubers emails support that or convict government officials with misleading the public to pasS Health Care reform. Lou . Lou carl cameron. On wall street, a major selloff, a cap to a volatile week of trading. The dow industrials today plummeted 315 point, the s p lost 33, the nasdaq lost 55 points. Volume on the big board, 4. 1 billion shares. For the week, the dow and s p down 3. 5 . The worst week in more than three years. The nasdaq posting weekly losses of 2. 5 . Crude oil settling below 58 a barrel. 57. 81. Thats the lowest level in more than five years. Were coming back with a great deal more. Please stay with us. Still at it, attorney general eric holder and racial politics. 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Quickly find the seasons hottest shows, huh. Quickly find the seasons hottest shows, with a handpicked collection all in one place. Only from xfinity. Lou the white house pushing ahead tonight with the president s exec hif amnesty fiat, despite threats from the Republican Leadership that theyll stop it. The director of citizenship and immigration services, leon rodriguez announced his agency will begin taking applications in midfebruary. And democratic congressman Luis Gutierrez will be in chicago this weekend with mayor rahm emanuel, trying to help 500 illegal immigrant families prepare for background checks. Saying the more people that sign up, the more unlikely you will ever unravel. This joining us to talk about the president s executive fiat and much more, were joined by former arkansas governor, president ial candidate and host of huckabee on the Fox News Channel. Mike huckabee. Great to have you with us. Great to be here. Lou in the spirit of the season, the attorney general is out playing racial politics. The president himself doing the same. It is extraordinary timing. If they are really serious about trying to help young black men and prevent them from being victims of violent crime, lets talk about black on black crime in the inner city, because thats where the crisis point is. If they would talk about fatherhood and the importance of these young men growing up with, a father figure in their lives, that would be significant. Instead were off on the peripheral issues, things that amount to a very small percentage of black deaths, and im not saying what happened to garner was insignificant. Im saying if they really want to look at the great body of wrong being done to young black males, talk about the young black males being murdered in our major cities. Lou interesting that the president nor his attorney general will talk about what is an abject failure on the part of black leadership in this country. We are looking at much the same unemployment rates among young black males today as we were almost 50 years ago. Actually worse than 50 years ago. The poverty rate in america, same as it was when we launched the war on poverty. Yet we spend 2 trillion fighting it . We lost the war. Weve lost it because you cant win the war on poverty if kids grow up without two parents with a High School Education and gainfully employed. Those factors result in a child having less than 9 likelihood of ever spending a day in his life in poverty. Thats how you fight poverty. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said this in 1964. We are still not having progress. Lou talking race and attacking Law Enforcement once again. What is that about . And why is the American Public doesnt buy it. That is, they respect and depreciate Law Enforcement officers all over this country . Eric holder is supposed to be the number one cop in america, thats what the attorney general is. Its hardly appropriate for the attorney general who is supposed to have the confidence of Law Enforcement completely denigrating everybody in Law Enforcement. And lou, one of the things thats frustrating in all of this issue of the police, when are we going to start saying, one of the messages we have to give to our kids, if a Police Officer stops you, and you think hes wrong to stop you, this is not a time to let him know how many profane words you know. This is not a time to exhibit how tough you can be. This is a time to be respectful, shut up and if you think hes wrong, take it to court. You cant fix that on the street it. Never ends well when you try argue with a cop whos thinking hes doing his duty. Lou and you know, as we look at what is happening with the grievance industry in this country. Al sharpton tomorrow. Hes calling it a candlelight vigil, bringing together the faith community. You know, it does, though, create the question, where is the broader faith community, and why are we not hearing from evangelicals, from the Catholic Church . Why arent they weighing into the issue, and a broader, deeper expression of gratitude and support for Law Enforcement that might be helpful . I think thats a fair indictment. Ive not heard many people do anything other than show their support for the police. People understand, cops make mistakes. Cops do wrong things but theres a process to deal with it. If you dont like a stlard a jury comes out with, theres a way to deal with it, its not to burn a city down. Im all for people to have a candlelight vigil. Thats fine. Americans have the right to protest. Al sharpton has the responsibility to be a little more truthful and forthcoming. He could start to paying his taxes and owning up to responsibility as a citizen before he lights up a million candles and blames everybody but himself whats wrong with america. Lou speaking of blaming america. President obama, hes being publicly chastised by the Democratic Party. Were looking at a divide that perhaps it was there, certainly wasnt visible or animated as it is tonight . Pretty stark when nancy pelosi and other Democratic Leaders attached lips to the back side of the president for six years say were done, and youve got Maxine Waters saying it doesnt matter who it is, were not listening. Thats pretty significant. Heres what i dont understand, the republicans have an Incredible Opportunity with divided Democratic Party to take a stand and defund things like the illegal immigration executive order, and what are they doing . Theyre rolling over. Lou, what the heck is this about . About wanting to go home for christmas . Get your job done and go home. Dont roll over so quick. Lou i will credit Speaker Boehner on one bases. In moving the 1. 1 trillion, made it the democratic problem in the senate, and the republicans if it does come to, this they wont be the ones held responsible by the public in my judgment. Silver lining in every cloud, theres one that you can find. Good for you. Lou thank you very much, coming from you, mike, that means a great deal. Thank you, governor, appreciate it. Watch huckabee on the Fox News Channel saturday and sunday nights at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Time for a quick look at online poll results. We asked be sure to vote in our poll tonight, downing the leadership of both parties are taking direction from the chamber of commerce and the Business Roundtable or is it just the gop . Cast your vote at loudobbs. Com. New warnings tonight that a third of the country, some 100 million of us could lose power in the event of a massive solar storm. Thats according to a government study that found that if the United States were hit with a major solar event we could suffer a potentially catastrophic blackout that would affect most states east of the Mississippi River and the pacific northwest. By the way, the agency alerting us to that cosmic possibility, none other than your department of Hom

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