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Nbc s luke russert joins me from capitol hill. luke, good to see you. why was puerto rico essentially left out of this legislation? reporter: well, if you talk to house speaker paul ryan, the answer was is that he wants to give time for the relevant committees to have a look at the internal finances of puerto rico and come up with a decision that he says best helps that island go back against years of mismanagement of the finances. nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, has said that s fine. we can do that, but this is a situation that demands quick action, that aid is needed now. she has been trying to get it into this government funding bill which is slated for a vote on friday. as of right now, that s not going to move forward. and ryan effectively set a deadline by march for congress to come up with some solution, at least on the house side. now, senate republicans, interestingly enough, have been moving quicker on this. they moved forward legislation that would have given puerto r ....