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The ball is entirely in mitch mcconnells court here. they could go back to the committee process for this. they could go back behind closed doors. they could decide they want to go on recess on thursday and call it a week and deal with it when they get back in a week. this is entirely a mitch mcconnell decision. >> okay. thanks very much for this. appreciate it. going to be speaking to you again shortly. i want to go a breakdown of what the current bill means for your premiums. now, i ask you to...

So i think auto enrollment might be a better way to proceed. >> with obamacare, there was public debate, committee debate. there really hasnt been the opportunity for elected leaders on the house side, certainly on the senate side, to have that public debate. why do you think that is? >> clearly, thomas, the process here has been less than ideal. its really hard to defend that process. i am not concerned they had meetings to hash out just what they want to put in the bill, and that was probably ...

Of the bill, its an unfortunate day in the history of the united states congress. from whats inside the bill, we can predict from a democratic perspective that would be objectionable and procedurally, there is very little justification for the way the procedure has been carried thus far. i agree with paul ryan who says you have to draft a bill before you release into the public. hes right about that. the problem is that the draft should be more collaborative, it should have a more transparent fa...

Piece of legislation that could do incredible harm to the health care system and health care for hundreds of millions of americans? when we passed the affordable care act, whatever you think of the final result, there were over 100 hearings and public forums where people were brought in. amendments were offered in the committee process. thats where you have an opportunity for people to dig into the details and understand how this legislation will impact our constituents. we have had zero -- zero...

Now i guess im old enough to remember that we had a process where we would debate legislation, there would be hearings, there would be a committee process, it would pass to committees. senators would go out. they would campaign for the legislation. they would try to convince the american people that its so complex. it was good for them. apparently the model is now lets take something thats hideously unpopular, 16, 17% approval, no one will read it, we wont talk about it, no public process and we...

Remember that we had a process where we would debate legislation, there would be hearings, there would be a committee process, it would pass to committees. senators would go out. they would campaign for the legislation. they would try to convince the american people that its so complex. it was good for them. apparently the model is now lets take something thats hideously unpopular, 16, 17% approval, no one will read it, we wont talk about it, no public process and well jam it through in the dead...

If the democrats allow it, theyll go through a committee process. if they threaten to shut things down, what does that mean? you probably have to bypass the committee because they wont get committees to form because the democrats will block it, so they could be complicit in not getting the bill more light of day. >> there is this argument that there are 52 republican senators and in order to get both the ted cruzes and mike lees on board with something and the lisa murkowskis and susan collins o...

Of course shes not going to vote for a bill shes not read. everyone will get a chance to read the bill but there has to be some time when people get together and try to drive a conis ens and this thats whats going on. once they reach a point where they feel comfortable, theyll put the pill out there. if the democrats alow it theyll go through a committee process. if they threaten to shut things down, what does that mean? you probably have to bypass the committee because they wont get committees ...

That whatever it is that was wrong, found to be wrong, is corrected in the long term. that has very serious implications. on obamacare repeal, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell invoked a rule that will allow the houses obamacare repeal bill to bypass the usual committee process and make it filibuster-proof to democratic opposition. so as you heard me talk to the congressman about the health care bill that the republicans propose that would cut medicaid, that would not include pre-existing...

Analyst and senior congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." and we have a reporter with bloomberg news and amanda carpenter, commentator and former communications director for ted cruz and guy cecil with superpriority pac priorities usa. thank you all for being here. how big of a fight do you think this is going to be over the next fbi director? >> well, i think its going to be an ordeal. id put it that way. >> okay. >> were looking at a month-long process, mor more or less, fr...