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Corker, flake, langford, they are deficit hawks. this could put the bill in danger, could it not? >> i believe that were going to pass a tax cut, i really do. its not the governments money, its the peoples money sor, it the peoples money. youre really not taking money from government. youre just leaving it with people who earned it. >> okay, we shall find out. carol, daniela, brad, some of us will be up late tonight. well be right back. lets get the big guy in place. the ford year end sales even...

1.8%. nobody does. were saying, we think we know what the problem is. number one, terrible tax plan now were living with and second of all, regulatory -- causing a lot of folks to leave our country. >> i got to ask you this. you really think this is a simplified tax code youve done? you guys are adding, you know -- a permanent tax cut for the corporations, the individual is going to be a frankly a fiskcal mess with different triggers and aspects you have to hit because youre not working with the...

>> i hear you, but i guess is there a part of this that -- well, i understand its about vote count, is there a part of this that says, you know, were all complaining about how broken the process was during health care, and you were one of the people in line, not happy about this process. so why do it again? and i say this from a totally crass political point. why have the fight amongst yourselves? it becomes republicans fighting republicans over taxes, and you basically let the democrats off the...

Really have a window here to do something and is it a two-week window, three-week window? what is it. >> two things, one, mitch mcconnell says until you have 50 votes in the senate, hes moving to tax reform, but the president continues to invest a heck of a lot of resources, personal and kind of putting people in the white house at our disposal, if you will, in order to come up with something that will get 50 votes. so if we do it, it will be pause the white house has convened governors with the...

Outcome to use this strategy on taxes? >> well, i think first you have to say why did it not work on health care. as i may have mentioned to you before, chuck, ive reached out to probably ten different democrats and the consistent message i got was were not going to help you. even though the plan susan collins and i put forward -- >> but senator cassidy, in fairness did you ask those democrats would you work with us if he took reconciliation off the table? >> we didnt mention process at all. we ...