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Weeks, its not like had you to give any of those up. theres a three-week extension. and this morning, nine million children from the least advantaged homes in america know, theyre going to have health care reform. how is that a loss if you didnt give anything snup but three weeks? >> and we gained a commitment by majority leader mcconnell on the floor, with specificity, that by february 8th there will be a vote on the floor of the senate on daca, and border security and that that debate will beg...

The real problem are those folks who dont like the medicaid cuts. susan collins of maine, capita. and then youve got rand paul. if rand paul is really a hard no, that has the room that room that mcconnell has to negotiate. do you think he is actually a no? >> i do. i think everybody thought rand paul would be a no from the beginning. the wild card has been ted cruz and mike lee. and theres one more. even if they try to give them the amendment. does it go in the base bill or do they vote on it? t...

I think everybody thought rand paul would be a no from the beginning. the wild card has been ted cruz and mike lee. and theres one more. even if they try to give them the amendment. does it go in the base bill or do they vote on it? they would need 50 votes. it hasnt been voted by the parliamentian yet. there may be a lot of things in this bill that cant make it to the senate florida. >> the pressure has been fascinating to watch. there have been indivisible socialists of manager. different grou...

Uncovered. well support that bill. billionaires will only get a $40,000 tax break instead of a $57,000 tax break. thats not the kind of compromise were talking about. they really need some structural revisions. and we have a second suggestion for our republican colleagues to work with us. abandon the closed-door, secret process they have used. go to regular order. have committee hearings. allow amendments. and go back to the idea that you need 60 votes, a bipartisan majority to pass a bill, and ...

Position where we say rk okay rk only 15 million people will be uncovered well support that bill. bill nars will only get a $40,000 tax break instead of a $57,000 tax break. thats not the kind of compromise were talking about. we have a second suggestion for our republican colleagues to work with us. abandon the closed doors secret process they have used. go to regular order. have committee hearings. allow amendments. and go back to the idea that you need 60 votes, a bipartisan majority to pass ...

Covered. will support that bill. billionaires will only get a $40,000 tax break instead of the 57,000. that is not the compromise we are talking about. they really need some structural revision. second suggestion for our republican colleagues to work with us. abandon the closed-door, seeker process. go to regular order. have committee hearings. allow amendments. go back to the idea that you need 60 votes, bipartisan majority to pass a bill, we can start over again and work together, and try to g...

Is the funding fcr, the on the base bill as another point of leverage, the other is a debt ceiling. we do not get much done without leverage, there are too many people who do not want to make dramatic changes. >> and some conservatives are expected to vote no, democratic votes will be needed. some of them are complaining to be asked to help out. >> the only time they come to democrats is when their own caucus is so fractured that they cannot govern and they come and thank us for support. we are ...

Base bill as another point of leverage, the other is a debt ceiling. we do not get much done without leverage, there are too many people who do not want to make dramatic changes. >> and some conservatives are expected to vote no, democratic votes will be needed. some of them are complaining to be asked to help out. >> the only time they come to democrats is when their own caucus is so fractured that they cannot govern and they come and thank us for support. we are starting to see that chatter on...

Care, i think, is important. there do need to be mavth signals to which people can respond. when you look, really, at the substance of the bill, remember, too, that a governor would have to ask for a waiver for those figures that you were talking about earlier, a governor would have to ask for a waiver out of the essential health benefits and the community rating aspects of our base bill. are any governors going to do that? i have not heard from any who will. they have the option and some member...

>> yeah. the base bill was read in committee a month ago when it was marked up in that 28-hour markup. the amendments, of course, have been -- two of the three have been available for several weeks and the last amendment that was available last night was two pages. so, yes, those -- i have read all of those. >> and what do you think of it? >> how are you feeling about them? >> look, i am a member of the authorizing committee that went through the 28-hour markup a few weeks ago and i thought we h...