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Good to them and they can figure out what they can do in the second year. >> juan: i think they are up against some really challenging days ahead in the terms of budget issues, spending. and i dont think its going to be happy times for paul ryan. he wants to do a big cut in terms of entitlement spending, social security, medicare and the like. this is going to be hugely controversial, even among -- >> greg: will be the end of the world, juan? >> jesse: its crude, rude, and a giveaway to the rich...

Susan collins of signing on to these healthcare measures and getting rid of the individual mandate to protect those whose premiums might go up as a result. all budget issues. >> yeah, theres sausage making going on. we dont know what the mystery meat is. weve zone some evidence of horse trading on the corporate tax rate cut to 22% in order to keep those 2 percentage point hike in the rate. you bring in an extra $100 billion over ten years. that would pay for the state and local tax deduction to ...

Already decided, you know, to begin with that theyre not going to work with democrats. so its hard to imagine why democrats will be brought to the table on taxes, what they possibly have to gain from playing ball on these budget issues, or really any of the other critical issues facing our country unless republicans and the white house start treating them with more respect and start respecting in particular their policy priorities. >> nancy pelosi did a tweet today about this photo op saying don...

To blame democrats for any of their problems because theyve already decided, you know, to begin with that theyre not going to work with democrats. so its hard to imagine why democrats will be brought to the table on taxes, what they possibly have to gain from playing ball on these budget issues, or really any of the other critical issues facing our country unless republicans and the white house start treating them with more respect and start respecting in particular their policy priorities. >> n...

Seen for decades. >> house republicans emerge from a morning meeting with outlines of a plan they are hoping will save $270 billion over seven years. >> the big savings are the most politically dangerous ones from medicare and medicaid. >> if these health care cuts come to my desk of this size, i would have no choice but to veto. >> clinton figured out a very deliver bit of jujitsu. to say that newt gingrich wants to make your grandmother destitute. >> think about a party whose last stand is to ...

United states senate. you lose more than two, youre done. bob corker is a big question mark on the budget. they need the budget vehicle to do tax reform. they cant pass a budget, they cant pass tax reform. hes a question mark. rand paul is a question mark on the budget. >> john mccain. these names sound familiar. dont they? then you have the other pieces. the iran deal, budget issues, also the canadian prime minister here today. a lot of establishment republicans are worried the president will b...

>> a commitment to absolutely work with senator scott to look to do exactly that and for the two of them to continue to have those conversations for his viewpoints to continue to be expressed directly to the president. >> certain issues or certain people as related to the topic of bringing new -- >> specific people didnt come up. blake. >> let me bring back to taxes and a couple questions there. the president campaigned on corporate tax rate of 15% however steve mnuchin yesterday said i dont kno...

Rates to 15%. take a listen. >> the president has made it clear, since the campaign, ideally hed like to get it down to 15%. i dont know if well be able to achieve that, given the budget issues, but were going to get this down to a very competitive level. and what the exact number is less important. and whats more important is making sure we have a competitive system. >> if its in the mid-20s, is that a win? >> again, im not going to comment on whats a win and whats not a win. as i mentioned thi...

The president has made it clear since the campaign, ideally hed like to get it down to 15%. i dont know if well be able to achieve that given the budget issues, but were going to get this down to a very competitive level. and what the exact number is is less important and whats more important is making sure we have a competitive system. >> perhaps a little realism broke out there today on live television on cnbc. welcome back to our broadcast. treasury secretary steve mnuchin today casting some ...

Cutting the corporate tax rate to 15% from the current 35%. understand a couple things. were not really at 35%. the rate that people pay, companies pay is between 14% and 25% depending how you are. and a lot of people including the president are backing away from getting down to 15%. thats hard to do. not impossible, but hard. and extended reduced rates for small businesses. this could be interesting. treasury secretary steve mnuchin is saying this rate could be in jeopardy. >> the president has...