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>> bret: retired supreme court justice john paul stevens said the high court should set the debate over president obamas healthcare law before the presidential election. wednesday, the administration formally appealed a ruling striking down the individual health insurance mandate. petitioners in the case all asked for a supreme court review of the entire law. another possible election year issue for the president, his support of the troubled solar panel firm solyndra. correspondent doug mckelway...

>> bret: retired supreme court justice john paul stevens said the high court should set the debate over president obamas healthcare law before the presidential election. wednesday, the administration formally appealed a ruling striking down the individual health insurance mandate. petitioners in the case all asked for a supreme court review of the entire law. another possible election year issue for the president, his support of the troubled solar panel firm solyndra. correspondent doug mckelway...

This. one of the company, solyndras chief investors george kaiser is also a major bundleer for the obama administration. obviously, does a lot of charity work with the kaiser foundation. he had four meetings at the white house before the solyndra loan $535 million went through. four meetings right before that. here is what the white house has said about those meetings. >> he has not lobbied the administration officials in regard no this, solyndra. he was involved in charitable efforts. its our u...

The process of the doe evaluated and improved over the course of the whole time weve been in office is merit-base and done, it reflects extensive due diligence on the process youre referring to, the new solar generation, large scale solar generation facilities that received loan approval. >> talking about the loan approval process department of energy. fox news confirmed the top obama campaign rundraisers have influence in the process. at the department of energy passing out millions of stimulus...

His wife allisons law firm received $2.4 million for representing number of the companies in the doe loan. this is what the white house put out about spinner. he started in 2009, after the decision to offer solyndra conditional commitment was already made and returned to the private sector before the loan deal was resurrected. he was responsible for monitoring the loan program. he recused himself from the specific loan application in which the spouses law firm was involved. this is getting speci...

Think? independent voters 2-1 are turning against the president and they dont believe he steered the economy in the right way. and that he is addressing the debt crisis. they are only going to take a look at the solyndra scandal after these other major issues. so its hard to imagine this really sinking him with people who are on the fence about his economic record. >> i think it might. people will grant that obama he may not be a good manager but at least he is acting in good faith. if you get a...

$18 million loan program due tomorrow, theyre rushing to grant more loan guarantees this week. prompting congressional concern. this letter from the house energy and commerce committee reads, "we are concerned that another rush to meet stimulus deadlines will result in doe closing the deals before they are ready." just yesterday, doe awarded a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as solar reserve. among its investment partners, ronald pelosi, the brother-in-law of house majority leader...

>> pushing it back another two years and with it the jobs. with the obama administration decision expected by years end, the choices seem to boil down to just two. is it oil? or water? in atkinson, nebraska, steve brown, fox news. >> bret: an electric car maker is withdrawalling the application for federally subsidize loan in solyndra affair. tesla motors tells fox business network it rejects comparisons to solyndra. theyve received two other federally subsidized loans totaling $400 million. sti...

Allisons law firm received $2 million for representing green companies that applied for doe loans. representative spinner told abc news the couple took elaborate steps to avoid conflict between his government work and her legal work. question today about spinners role, white house spokesman jay carney denied any impropriety. >> its my understanding in regard to the gentleman you just mentioned he had no connection to overseeing a loan guarantee program. >> the white house later added that spiner...

Understanding why they were able, why was jay carney making that claim? i dont think jay carney goes out as a matter of process and lies to the american people. who told him those were charitable meetings? >> bret: a.b., talk about the impact of all of this. look at the polls here, we asked a question do you think this loan to solyndra is either unethical behavior or good faith loan that went bad? its 46-46. but you dig in, the republicans think 75%, something unethical happened. 51% of independ...