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Means they get less money, and give them tax credits. thats the plan? >> thats the fundamental essence, is empower people. rather than expanding government to where its not sustainable. american taxpayers cant foot this bill because they are tapped out. >> all right. im sorry. one second. we have a guest here who is whispering to my ear that she wants to ask you a question. im going to let one of my guests in. you seem to have a question for the congressman, and if you dont mind, i want to let h...

Essence of what we are trying to do is empower people than expanding government to a point where its not sustainable. american taxpayers cant foot this bill endlessly and without a limitation because they are tapped out. >> all right. sorry, one second. we have a guest here whispering that she wanted to ask you a question. i want to let one of my guests in. she has a question for you. tara, you seem to have a question for the congressman. if you dont mind i want to let her ask that. >> the tax c...

Democrats going to be doing? hes a democratic senator from maryland. we said, what are democrats going to be doing? republicans may vote on this bill by the end of the week. could they be a part of the amendment process? make this somewhat better? he responds, it was pretty telling, having people in maryland calling places like nevada where senator helder is on the fence, their agenda is to kill this bill. you can hear the applause here, there was 3 00 people here who have come to a democratic t...

Differences get resolved. joining me now tom reid of new york member of the ways and means committee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> you voted for the house health care bill. that version. we were talking about the differences between the two bills. what is a nonstarter to you if it comes back kicked to the house with a change. >> i dont think there is a nonstarter. i think we have to go through the process and i appreciate the senate moving the ball forward. we can ...

The house calling it mean. you have seen that a talking point and did he damage the trajectory of this bill. do you worry this is going to come back and bite him in essence? >> ill let the president speak for himself in regards to his assets. i dont think they were helpful. at the end of the day, it is what it is and well have to keep moving forward. the american people are suffering as a result of the policies that are here now today. we have to fix this. we have to deal with this. solve proble...

Tweet that happened before this gaggle started, is the president concerned that surveillance is being conducted against him at being conducted against him at the white house? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> he did make clear in that tweet that he didnt have any recordings but he raised the prospect that somebody else might have them. >> again, i think that its very clear what he meant there, but as far as -- >> who else would have it? >> surveillance -- i wouldnt know, jeff. mike. >> tw...

In this or not. this is literally our first read. before we get down to the nuts and bolts of this thing, i want to get some very initial reaction from senator ben carden who i believe is joining us from capitol hill. senator, thank you for being here with us. i got to get your reaction to what you are seeing unfold on the senate republican side. you obviously have not been happy with how this has been created. will you have chances to make changes once its out, thats what mitch mcconnell has be...

Negotiate over whats good, whats bad and what we can get in the bill to make it better. so yeah, i think it could take longer. >> based on what youve heard so far, how willing do you think mcconnell is to -- the kind of changes, were talking big changes. >> well, you have to get to 50 votes. and if youve only got 48, i think that means youre going to need to negotiate. >> senator paul -- >> theres no what? >> if theres no hearing, will you refuse to wait on the bill. >> no hearing. >> no public ...

There? >> i dont really think so. i would defer to the other two on that. i think really what youre getting here is political theater and leverage. its a way to generate money and favors in the future. the value of these votes just went up substantially. this has nothing to do with policy or health care. i mean, the thing thats truly the most, both saddening and amusing about the entire process, as you know, is america had a beautiful health care system installed by twiegt eisenhower after world...

Ron johnson, mike lee, these four republicans saying no for now. >> exactly. for now is the key. someone like rand paul, i personally, its hard to imagine him getting to yes. maybe ill be surprised. but its hard to imagine, given everything that he has said up until now, him ultimately getting to yes. the others that you talked about have more of a chance. and the reason why they put this statement out so quickly is one, and thats leverage. they understand that its not just this bill and thats i...