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For it. this is a power play by mcconnell and the leadership. no question about it. theyre going to try to make it as easy as possible for everybody to get to yes. they havent done so in a way that the rest of us are comfortable with. if we care about good government and transparency. but if its a bill that they can vote for, they will vote for it. >> its another washington thing will people will complain, complain, complain about something and not actually stand up and do anything about it when...

She might have been talking to her own people, telling them not to read it so would pass. a lot of us interpreted that, no ones reading it, just pass it. that may be one of the ways that democrats avoid dissension within their party. if youre not reading it, then you cant fight about it. >> david: this is a discussion draft. they made a big deal out of this, but what is a discussion do question market opens up the table. by the way, the president has asked democrats repeatedly from the campaign ...

More he loves to tweets, i dont think that is ever going to stop. he wants to be able to jump over the who and get his message out there anyway he can. theyre going to have to come to some sort of terms about how they do this, but you cannot by public pressure start cutting off that which allows people to ask questions of the president to end his communication team. see you and yeah, martha maccallum, thank you so much. we appreciate it, thank you. a fox news alert, senate republicans are unveil...

America, what does this do to me? lets put up the details. this is what we know. remember, this is what the leader calls a discussion draft. this will change somewhat, the question is how much can they change it. we know the senate bill would phase out the medicaid expansion slower than the house bill. medicaid expansion was a big part of obamacare. states had the flexibility to change the medicaid program to help the poor, to help the elderly. but the senate bill also has more dramatic cuts to ...

Will mirror the house bill with some changes. a discussion draft circulating wednesday afternoon among aides and, of course, lobbyists would roll back the acas taxes, phase down its medicaid expansion, rejigger its subsidies, give states wider latitude in opting out of its regulations and eliminate federal funding for planned parenthood. a new politico morning mol fipo finds that the house version is already unpopular with only 35% of voters approving of it. 49% disapprove. and 65% of voters say...

Stabilize the insurance markets that are collapsing under obamacare as well and policies contained in the discussion draft will implement stabilization policies to bring financial certainty to insurance markets and hope to americans who face the possibility of limited or zero options next year under obamacare. and ultimately transition away from obamacares collapsing system entirely so more americans will not be heard. we also agree on the need to strengthen medicaid, preserve access to care for...

It is thursday, june 22nd. joe should be back with us tomorrow. still with us, mike barnicle, sam stein, elise jordan, and joining the conversation in washington, jake sherman. good to have you on board, jake. were hours away from seeing the draft health care bill. many of those voting on it are still waiting to read it. they want the details. and yet, majority leader mitch mcconnell will seek a vote before the end of the week. -- end of next week. a discussion draft of the bill is reported to i...

House could not say how much the president knew about the contents of the health care bill. according to the washington post, a discussion draft circulated yesterday among aides and lobbyists. republican senators, they will receive the legislation in a meeting at 9:30 this morning, which lindsey graham commented on just yesterday. >> no, ill see it and well know if its a boy or girl along about 9:30. >> support among the republican caucus appears to be waivering. the "wall street journal" finds ...

Surrounding nancy pelosi and current democratic leadership. obviously, youre in a different chamber. is she the right person to be leading house democrats right now in your view? >> i think leader pelosi is doing a great job. i must tell you this, though, our challenge is to point out to the american people the danger of mr. trumps policies and to try to work for the betterment of our country, im involved in national security issues. and i will continue to work with republicans in order to advan...

The room when karen handel won. the republican health care bill is still secret this morning but not for long. senate leaders are prepared to release what theyre billing as a discussion draft its what top republicans hope will be a final push to a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare before the upcoming congressional recess, thats just over a week away. the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: well, we have a date for the bill. the bill thats been crafted behind the scenes, the bill tha...