Defiant Obama

"OFFICIALS SAY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN ITS WANING HOURS DEFIED REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION AND QUIETLY RELEASED $221 MILLION TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY THAT GOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAD BEEN BLOCKING."; "...TWO GOP LAWMAKERS — ED ROYCE OF CALIFORNIA, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND KAY GRANGER OF TEXAS, WHO SITS ON THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE — HAD PLACED HOLDS ON IT..." - ASSOCIATED PRESS