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issue of immigration and american companies fleeing abroad. fox news contributor monica crowley is here. right from the get-go on that one. looks like amnesty for millions of illegals and he has got a big stick and he will whack american corporations to try to go overseas. look, monica, three months to the election. i say that is all pure politics. of course, but it is also policy too because he wants these things done to fit his left-wing agenda, right? he shown us time and again over 60 years, stuart, he doesn t need congress. he is more than willing to bypass congress whenever necessary. he is taking countless executive actions but none i think, none on important issues as immigration in particular. it could provoke a constitutional crisis. role of chief executive not to make law or change law. simply to execute the law faithfully. stuart: you will not get a constitutional crisis in the next three months. he will do it to run-up to the election. shoring up his base. ther
we begin with peter cook as the chairman of the u.s. federal communications commission releases his proposal for net neutrality rules. good afternoon. good afternoon, mark. his basel spelled out his proposal will affect every american who uses the internet and every web business as well. it kicks off what should be a giant fight that pits the most powerful companies against each other. responding to millions of public comments and a challenge from president obama back in november proposing to start regulating broadband more like a phone service instead of an information service, dictating strict new rules over how they manage traffic on their networks. the title ii reclassification is a big leap for the fcc. one he has been reluctant to take until now. it would impose rules barring ifc s isps from creating fast lanes, wireless networks will be covered and in a bid to soften the blow, wheeler promises this will be light touch regulation. no tariffs on bundling. that shou
thank you for his service to you and country. lord, we re also grateful for all of our military men and women who back their words with courageous deeds. in this season that brings tidings of a coming dawn, guide our lawmakers through the darkness that precedes the breaking of day. you have guided this nation through stormy places, and we have felt the winds and have been tossed by troubled seas. may our senators, amid the tumult, hear the whisper of your promise to never forsake us. remind us of life s brevity so that we will number our days and have hearts of wisdom. we pray in your marvelous name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., december 15