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That exempts alaska and montana from medicaid funding block grants that are likely to affect most of their states. the provision is seen as a way to win over alaska senior republican senator, lisa murkowski. now spokespersons for the legislation sponsors, lindsey graham and bill cassidy have denied that there would be more carveouts for alaska and less than three months ago senate graham said this about special deals for the states. >> i worry about cornhusker kickbacks and louisiana purchasers ...

Ive been on with mika and joe. theyre tough, theyre professional colleagues, its a tough knockabout show. but presidents cant get into that when theyre winning. he had many a message one and now its backwards. >> lets talk about health care. i feel like everything got frozen in place. by the way, susan collins sounds like, youre not buying me off with opioid money, right? and hugh, you and i had this conversation. you werent going to be bought off with opioid money, either. >> i would like to se...

Supersize accounts. they would get a chunk of chang change. senators from medicaid expansion states want to see more money towards drug addiction, its not like this has not happened before, neil. republicans criticize democrats back when obamacare originally passed. hammering the bill in secret, and then giving goodies to wavering democratic voters. remember the cornhusker kickback? senator lindsey graham sure doe does. >> i worry about cornhusker kickbacks, and they start doing that, they will ...

Alternative plan to put hump ty dumpy back together. we will have another track at it when it comes back. if that argument doesnt work i dont think they get it passed. the biggest danger so many are on the record saying this is not a conservative bill im against it. thats a hard thing to flip because the people have to go back to their members and watch for side deals. that is the one other thing they have is basically cornhusker kickbacks. >> mark, i can tell you that doesnt work with people in...

The swamp and we did. we have sweeping ethics reform in the congress and personal respect in this section. having these people makes us sad about the course of events but we have to unhold the highest standard and none of our personalities is more important than that. bill: juxtapose that are rangel and now waters and what comes of this, karl? >> the problem for the democrats is that its not just these two individuals with their ethics problems. the standing of congress and public opinion is ver...

And it is like where were you? >> they didnt seem to pay any attention to it. it was after the vote in massachusetts that they used reconciliation. they threatened to use the slaughter rule. it was whatever means necessary to get this bill done, after all the cornhusker kickbacks. i was in nebraska this week and wow, the anger is still toward ben nelson there is palpable. i listened to his monthly call-in it was brutal. as i traveled around and talked to people, democrat, republican at the coffe...

And it is like where were you? >> they didnt seem to pay any attention to it. it was after the vote in massachusetts that they used reconciliation. they threatened to use the slaughter rule. it was whatever means necessary to get this bill done, after all the cornhusker kickbacks. i was in nebraska this week and wow, the anger is still toward ben nelson there is palpable. i listened to his monthly call-in it was brutal. as i traveled around and talked to people, democrat, republican at the coffe...

Representatives to come up with a majority vote for the senate bill by the break coming up on the 18th of march, its dead? do you buy that? >> yeah, its dead or the resurrection. i mean, look, everybodys willing to write this guy off in his presidency. if he gets this, everyones going to have been proved wrong. i think this is a very firm deadline. its do or die right now. >> let me ask you about whats changed now. does he have -- is it just turning the screws by nancy pelosi? and how does she a...

Bill, by the break coming up on the 18th of march, its dead? do you buy that? >> yeah, its dead or the resurrection. everybodys willing to write this guy off in his presidency, if he gets this. everyones going to have been proved wrong. i think this is a very firm deadline. its do or die right now. >> let me ask you about whats changed now. does he have -- is it just turning the screws by nancy pelosi? and how does she avoid cutting those kinds of deals that joe sestak was talking about that wer...

President overcome the risk that no matter what happens on the 25th if he caves in to bipartisan discussion he loses his base. if he draws a line in the sand sticks his heel heels down tough save face we dont get progress. how does he navigate these waters? above and beyond everything it is not about republicans democrats, it is how do we fix the system. how does he begin moving on this? >> first of all i think the critical time were last year. there were four five occasions where he should have...