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Be -- have this bill be taken hostage. this is a ransom. this is blackmail. you don't get a bill unless wall street gets its taxpayer coverage. >> because of that opposition, speaker boehner has delayed a vote, while he tries to scrounge around for some votes. at the center of this fight, a deregulation measure that would let big banks place risky bets and put taxpayers on the hook for another bail-out if those bets went wrong. today senator warren, who first issued a call to arms, was back at it again. >> this fight isn't about conservatives or liberals. it's not about democrats or republican...

>> it's new york, it's winter time. >> it's the holiday season. >> that's the time it's okay for it to be cold. >> we've got a lot of great legal stories. holiday party, we're going to get your advice on that, but first straight to politics. congress narrowly avoiding a government shutdown after a dramatic vote last night, approving a $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government open through september, but it almost didn't happen as two of the most influential leaders in congress split from the white house over provisions in the bill to roll back regulations on wall street and ease campaig...