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For items that were put into bills like these. bills like these that came out way after the fact. when somebody looked through the whole bill and said, wait a minute, we spent, fill in the blank, $250 million on this, why? they don't want that to happen because it would obviously slow momentum and raise sort of the political concerns some of these members might have of voting for something, which, frankly, if you spent every moment between the second it came out and the time they have to vote reading it, you probably still wouldn't read the whole thing. >> and maybe the biggest deal of all in ...

Riders and other provisions, there was a lot in this bill. and the appropriate raters did a marv job. wish it would have been done last week, but it wasn't. >> luke russert is live on capitol hill with the latest. i don't think congratulations is the right term for what's being done. give us a little more about the reaction to the agreement on the hill. >> reporter: well, joy, we're expecting conservatives to be angry about this bill because it did nothing regarding president obama's executive order regarding immigration reform, with the exception of only funding the department of home securit...

This specific provision. what i'm told is, look, it's a completely new game. this, if anything is better because at least you know who the donor is individually who is giving that much. sheds a little bit more sunlight in there. there's no hearing on this type of issue, andrea. >> yeah. it's nice to know the rich people who are giving $324,000 rather than public donations or a checkoff. anyway, i've vented enough. thank you very much, luke russert. and up next, speaking of outrages, dodging the question, the man who said obamacare was passed because voters are stupid lawyers up and his lawye...

Could donate to the rnc or dnc goes up to $324,000. that is something that's caused a lot of consternation on the left. the other thing, a change to the dodd/frank law. something slipped into this spending bill would, in fact, allow for banks that are federally insured to be involved in credit default swaps. that's a financial instrument a lot of people blame the 2008 recession on. that is something that has upset a lot of people on the left. i counted three e-mails that nancy pelosi's press office has sent out in the last hour and a half coming out against this bipartisan bill. on top of that...

Thing. changes to campaign finance laws. it's tucked on page 1559 of these thousands of pages in this bill. this specific change allows the maximum amount an individual can give per year to the party committees. to $324,000. some folks are upset about that. they're saying it's a back room deal in the middle of the night. what you're hearing from aides is, look citizens united gutted everything. and the money is going to the committee so at least you know who's giving it instead of the shadowy groups who operate outside of the law. still not sitting well with a lot of people. >> luke russert, t...