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Ordinary reason hatch. >> he said i have incredible love and respect for theresa may for the way she leads the united kingdom. he in the same day said i dont pay much attention to his tweets. its hard to know what to make of republican reaction or lack thereof to those despicable retweets. >> when it affects americas diplomatic relationships around the world, it isnt just someone tweeting before breakfast. it becomes something thats a legitimate concern. >> promoting hate. its nothing short of t...

Progressive nature from the tax rate schedule. and bottom line is im hopeful. in the senate my understanding theres going to be amendments to make the individual parts permanent. i hope well see democrats and republicans coming together to support that permanent relief. >> hope successful terrific. but if youre a company, you dont have to be hopeful. youre getting your tax cut and its permanent. why should your constituents rely on your hope that the temporary individual tax cuts are going to be...

If you are a family with a combined annual income of $73,000, youre going to see a $2200 tax cut under the senate bill. so theres a lot of things about this bill that will pull people together even though there might be individual elements of it where there are questions and concerns. thats what the amendment process is about. well have a full spirited debate on the full next week. in the end we need to get to yes. we have not only a responsible to the american people to give them bigger pay che...

Regular order in the house, its going through a regular process in the senate. they went through an amendment process in the finance committee is going to hit the floor. anybody with an idea can offer up an amendment. i think the regular order piece of it here really sort of debunks the concept that this is being rushed. people want a tax cut, everybodys going to get a tax cut in this bill. republicans ran on this and they won the election, to say the american people dont to want see their taxes...

President george w. bush and keelth boykin is a former clinton white house aide. scott, lets just say that people wanted this tax cut plan. pulling out this week from quinnipiac say voters disapprove of the tax plan by 52% to 25%, even if they did want it, are you concerned that something this big and this complex and this impactful on every american is being rushed through congress for the sake of a political one? >> no, i dont think its being rushed. its going through regular order. it went th...

Middle class in this country and need to cut taxes on businesses so american companies can be more competitive and be able to bring dollars back to this country to create jobs here and we need to simplify the tax code. >> sandra: thats vice president pence speaking in support of tax reform as the house moves forward with its bill despite pushback from both sides of the aisle. this as senate republicans are expected to release their own bill tomorrow. so what will be in that and will it match up ...

Republican party on budget passage yesterday. now for biggest tax cuts. worth noting that budget passed narrowly, which shows you just how tough tax reform or tax cuts are going to be. lets take a closer look at the time line. in the next five days, we expect that we will get a bill from the house, out of house committee. then november 6th, the goal to start the amendment process. theyre aiming to get passage in the house by november 3rd. and then as you say right before thanksgiving passage in ...

The situation. how important is that distinction? >> important. because remember, don, this comes amid the proposal in florida that essentially doing this legislatively, putting more regulations and restrictions on bump stocks. now, if you do it through the atf, thats not a legislative -- thats sort of an issuing of regulations to the executive branch as opposed to a legislative solution. bob has got it right here. this is a strategic move by the nra because they now if it goes to the legislativ...

Atf, thats not a legislative -- thats sort of an issuing of regulations to the executive branch as opposed to a legislative solution. bob has got it right here. this is a strategic move by the nra because they now if it goes to the legislative front, we know theres an amendment process. youve got 535 members of congress who are going to want to have a say if not something in that bill, it can get loaded up in different ways, wind up getting broader, wind up going in directions you cant really co...

Kasie hunt eye roll. >> we went to college together. i have seen it all. listen, i dont think so but the question is john mccain has talked about regular order, process, doing things the right way. if they get on the floor and do this through the amendment process, is that the right way? i would say no. but there are those on the hill -- >> john mccain says he wants a cbo score. even if they do get to the floor and start debating this for the next few days before september 30th, and say they are...