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I'm confused by these numbers because how do you add 331 million people to the rolls and making -- >> the math just doesn't add up, brian. >> i'm just confused, brian. could it be that there is no such thing as a free lunch? >> i'm confused, as well. because the rate of health care cost increase is slowing. health care costs are still going up, but the rate of increase is slowing down, even in california. right. so, the insurance companies aren't coming out and leading the charges and saying why. you could make a couple of assumptions. maybe they feel like they're going to lose money on certai...

♪ . bill: yes, there are some winners, some unexpected winners you could say after this deal. the joint committee on taxation reports hollywood gets $248 million to encourage film and tv production. producers can expense up to $15 million for said project. 331 million goes to railroad operators to maintain the train tracks. and the federal government refund $222 million to puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands in excise taxes forum produced there and shipped to the mainland. that might not be a bad idea. kidding. get this. $59 million goes to algae growers to encourage production of biofue...

>> steve: meanwhile, the fox news alert this morning is that congress did pass with a bunch of republicans voting for and a bunch of republicans voting again -- >> brian: more voting against. >> steve: a fiscal cliff bill. what that does is it will jack up taxes on america's most successful. what's interesting, there is $100 million worth of so-called tax extenders. these are going to be very helpful for people who are in businesses that as it turns out, did support the president of the united states. >> brian: like, for example, hollywood. this dates to extend this, encourage hollywood to con...

Their patrons and for their friends and it goes against what republicans said when they came in, which was we're going to be slow, we're going to be deliberative, we're going to read the bill and this does not come out looking like a bill that has been closely scrutinized. >> megyn: it was nice when we were off with our families around the christmas tree and didn't have to think about this nonsense. not going to have read the 400 e-mails from our producer every day, telling me every iteration how the fiscal cliff was getting nearer. here we are again, i don't know, chris, it's tough to have th...

Directly to benghazi. that seems like you are saying that you have a hand in the responsibility of this, right? the funding of the security if you're happy to cut it? >> because there are literally close to 200 embassy, consulates, those types of things. you have thousands of people that are involved in this. you have to prioritize things. >> and he voted to cut it. well, the cnn anchor soledad o'brien is referring to that house republicans cut the request for security funding by $128 million last year and $331 million this year. that was over and above the objections of the secretary of state...