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Went through the committee process and went through a four-day mark-up and senator mccain is not convinced that that was the best way to go and isnt necessarily pleased with the final product at this moment and because of that, a lot of republicans are unsettled by the idea that this might come down to him and they want to lock up everybody else to ensure that senator mccain isnt the final vote just in case he doesnt come around, brooke. >> why do i have this feeling that you talk about tax refo...

Other things you think are more important to be looked at? >> well and i believe ive read in the reporting theres at least one witness that it was connected to an employee of the russians that believe that they heard conversations that indicated that those contributions were attempts to buy influence. i think the debunking or hillary s supporters want to say this has all been debunked because of the process, the committee process and thats true. it would have been hard for hillary to drive this ...

>> representative ryan: basic civics. im a bill on capitol hill. you might remember that. the house has to go first. its in the constitution bird house in ways wrote the bill, passed out of committee. we bring into the floor this week and pass it. then the senate takes the bill up and put their bill in it because thats the process. they senate is starting their committee process this week. after thanksgiving, they will bring theirs to the floor. the house will pass a bill. the senate will pass a...

About? >> im not concerned about any of the differences. we are going through regular order, normal process, regular committees in both the house and senate and this is exactly what we told people was going to happen. we are on the schedule we said we would be on. before relief for thanks giving next weekend, we hope and were pretty optimistic that the house will have voted their bill out and the senate will be the committee process. a lot of people doubted we could be at that place by thanksgiv...

Advance version of the republican tax bill. phil is on the hill for us. this is a big deal. >> it really is. to put it in historic context, to move a tax bill, something that hasnt been done in 31 years, i think we kind of look past it a little bit how fast republicans are moving on this because they are doing it almost entirely in a partisan matter. that these legislative steps before this year were people couldnt figure out a way to get to. so that a big deal legislatively getting through the ...

Remains a mystery. it is a tale of two plans though at a critical phase for tax reform for republicans. this is a live shot of the house ways and means committee. currently marking up its tax reform bill. later today, were expecting to see the senate version as an exodus of republican congressmen continues today. after tuesdays electoral setback, the party needs a win on tax reform. instead, they have competing tax plans that diverge in a number of significant ways. a big one according to "t...

$1182, $1182. is how much the typical household will see in their paychecks. thats an average household. were doubling the standard deduction increasing the child tax credit lowering tax rates across the board. thats not all. middle income families middle income family estimates show they will see a pay raise. this would result in 3.1% higher wages for people. that means more take home pay every month in addition to a tax cut. higher pay, lower taxes. yes, there are details that are being ironed...

Still, though, not clear if there is enough support in the gop to give it a green light. garret haake is there watching all the action live. this is the so-called mark up. a lot of folks might not be familiar with that process. but, bottom line, what are you looking for? what are you expecting to happen today? >> yeah, sure. so, today is the final day of this markup process which makes it the most interesting day and some point today well get the manag managers amendment. take all the input and ...

Change to the estate tax? maybe they dont think it will get over the finish line with that and meant as the chip to be bargained away. >> it could very well be. were dealing with seasoned legislators at this point. republicans have been working on this for the last two decades. this is not policy thats unfamiliar to the folks running it at this point. knowing where the votes are, a big component of it. there could be built in negotiations. it will look different, no question. were in a honeymoon...

Or two. and they will drop their tax bill in the next couple weeks. these bills will not work their way through those committees in the house and senate. they will get to the floor and get voted on. and we will be here to help with questions that the house and senate have about the issues as they work through the committee process. >> martha: the senate will have their own version of the bill, how much meaning that i have on what that looks like? >> we agreed on a framework. the hospital today h...