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Doors over the last month and a half and, you know, we really dont know whats going to be unveil on the west front of the capitol tomorrow and to be doing this on a bill that not only will affect, i think, 1/6 of the economy but 100% of the american people for generations to come is really unconscionable. >> just to be fair to republicans, you know, isnt their hypocrisy really on both sides here? >> you know, i dont believe so. especially given the process that was in both houses of congress, do...

Answering those health care questions to you. >> he sounded like someone who did not want to get in mitch mcconnells way at all in this process. he knows they are moving along. he knows mitch mcconnell has sed this deadline. there clearly have been meetings with the white house and they have been briefed on whats going on but he did not want to step on anything that the senate majority leader is doing. what i thought was interesting was how sean handled the political question about health care a...

Plenty of time for debate. >> hes talking about voting next week. >> ill let senator mcconnell determine the senate schedule and run the senate that he sees fit but lets not mistake ourselves with how they approach this thing. their leader, senator shumer, made it very clear on at least two separate occasions that they didnt want to be part of this process. they didnt want to repeal and replace obamacare. they were happy with obamacare. we believe obamacares failing. we want a better system for ...

Different than what republicans criticized democrats for doing. >> i think we wanted to be part process back then. you look at what senator shumer said back in february to a moveon.org call where he said no democrats going to go near this and what he said in a letter may 9, he said that no democrats would be part of an effort that would repeal obamacare. so, they have chosen to take themselves not -- to not make themselves part of this process. there is, when senator mcconnell brings the bill fo...

Question to you on the health care bill and specifically the fact that sean spicer was saying that he, being the president or his staff, hasnt seen it yet. >> yes, that was what stuck out to me. this health care bill is the biggest story in washington and actually affects the american people a lot as well and sean would not say that the president knew much about the process or the details of it at all, which was very striking. my understanding is actually the trump staff is being briefed on the ...

I was a sitting member of congress and we had to file those public disclosure forms. that is a moment where you understand you have a responsibility for integrity. do you get a few things wrong? sure. but theres an amendment process. from this administration and public filings to simply chalk it up to incompetence. if it is all incompetence, we have a bigger problem than we realize. >> i see it the same way. he had one opportunity to get it right and he didnt. then he had an opportunity to amend...

General jack keane, i was good to see you. we have this news breaking in the last hour. senate g.o.p. leaders are planning to vote on legislation to repeal large chunks of the affordable tv health care act. watch this. >> something as important as this, to say that we are having regular order, to say that we are having an amendment process, and all due respect, is a joke. >> martha: what about all those calls that we had last week for more unity and perhaps a little bit of coming together? we wi...

Scratch. theyre not bound by whats in the house bill. theyll be respectful of it and take a look. well draft our own bill in the senate. well take a look at that. i hope it will be a free and open amendment process. that not only will we have the opportunity to get some of our ideas into the leadership bill, but we may end up offering our own bill. and i home it might be bipartisan. >> youre still going to work on the bill while leadership does its thing? >> we have adapted, and it is a work in ...

Bill. does he have the support he needs. >> this is a key week. they will take it on the house floor by thursday or friday. they have some additional conservatives on board. they need 218 and there are several dozen who may not like it and some are conservatives and some are moderates. they need to bring everybody in to get up to 218. they will not get any democrats. its all on the republicans. i think they can pull it off in the house if not this week, then eventually, the tricky part will be i...

Theyve got to test the water. >> sean: and the amendment process where no one has any idea how its going to come out. am i so unrealistic -- im sorry. >> i was just going to say, as vice president pence has pointed out, now the process goes forward, we suspect -- we dont know, but i suspect -- there might be one or two amendments in order by the time i get to the floor. conservatives have a real shot at amending it. then paul ryan, with the help of the president and vice president, has to get a ...