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Looking at it. so do you think that if the governor of maine decides to go along with it, thats collins will do the same? >> not necessarily, i mean, she might, and it certainly would help, and that is one of the reasons i vice president pens is meeting with the governor of maine, she is a very independent legislator, she has not liked this whole plan, and remember, this bill has not had a single hearing. yes, one or two hearings next week, but this is not close to what the legislators consider ...

Something called regular order, that we go through the committee process and lamar alexander, republican of tennessee, patti murray, democrat of washington state, were working together. and its basically sometimied that process where we were bringing in governors from all over the country. i dont think also we should be surprised that all of these governors have come out against it, including a number of republican governors, including one in ohio. that is because the bill basically is going to ...

On for almost a year. so if they had followed the same process we did, then the vote on this would take place about a year from now after a year of deliberations. this is anti-democratic. this is wrong for the american people. the american people deserve a full hearing that goes on for weeks and allows the democrats, as we did in the committee process for republicans to make changes. republicans made many changes to obamacare during the course of its winding its way through congress that we acce...

And he wanted to clean that up. were eight months into this administration and not a lot has happened in terms of congress. so i am not surprised, count me as one, that he went to the democrats and tried to cut a tentative deal. but jamming the republican leader, maybe not such a great idea. i think he may be coming to the point where hes realizing that if theres one faction that might need to be cut out in terms of the gop to get things done, it is this harder line. but that is also his base. b...

Secretary saying we need this money right away. so it puts the squeeze on lawmakers to get this done in very short order. >> daring the house not to support thousands of hurricane victims. politics is beautiful, isnt it? ive got to talk about d.r.e.a.m.ers, though. yesterday you spoke to some senators specifically about d.r.e.a.m.ers, about immigration. do they actually think they can get something done in six months? they werent planning on having to deal with this? >> reporter: they were hopin...

>> you have until september 30 for the reconciliation process and you have the ability before that the to pass something with 50 votes. that means 50 votes. but what about your friend john mccain? he is one that had the decisive vote in the last when will he be on board for this? >> the governor is in charge of the formula for state senator, obamacare did 40 percent of the money. there 20 percent of the population. arizona does very well under the block grant. theyre working on the formula, scot...

Have not. paul: you have the ability before that date to pass something with 50 votes. what about your friend john mccain? hes the one who cast the decisive vote against the last reform. will he be on board for this? >> four states under obamacare get 40% of the money. they are 20% of the population. arizona does well under the block grant. governor doocy is working on the formula. i think john would be very open minded to a block grant. lets put it through the committee process and bring it to ...

Crying for help and we need to put them first. steve: richard sent us this email and it reads its about time people in congress put together bills that benefit the united states and not their own pocket. and while you may like this particular suggested bill, the raise act, right now slim chances of actually passing. ainsley: because you need 60 votes and you dont even have all 52 of the republicans on board such as lindsey graham. steve: the democrats wont be on board. ainsley: no. you know they...

Russia, i think it is a little jarring sometimes to see the attitude toward russia. so it is tough to understand. im glad that the president signed the bill. >> what about the -- any bipartisan effort in the senate to work on health care. the plan is to hold hearings and how to repair the individual market. in theory, is this something that you could support as a conservative? >> you bet, you bet. i think that weve reached the limits of what we can do as republicans. we tried. we obviously need ...

I think that weve reached the limits of what we can do as republicans. we tried. we obviously need to reform and repeal whatever obamacare. its not working in arizona on the exchange, i can tell you that. 200,000 arizonans will wake up tomorrow without insurance. its too expensive. theyre paying the fine, but they dont have insurance. so it desperately needs reform. i would have liked to have kept that reform alive. but now were going to move in the committee process and do a bipartisan bill. th...