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Benefit the middle class or be the miracle donald trump declared it. >> the fact hes not saying he can guarantee that a middle class wont see their taxes go up is in some ways a red flag for a lot of people hoping for a tax plan that was going to benefit working class people. when you see there is little detail much like there was little detail on health care, theyre still talking through the large kind of ideas of this. but i think whats problematic for republicans is that after they built a br...

Decided to put the regulations on us. 30 million customers, less now. but the deal they made. so far republicans had a very hard time undoing this. >> by the way, i promised that susan collins sound. here it is. >> i obviously have very serious reservations about the bill. i do want to wait until i get the cbo analysis. what this really tells us is, if youre going to make fundamental changes in an entitlement program that has been law for more than 50 years, you are need to have extensive hearin...

Next to the president at that lunch yesterday, at the white house, you are part of a group of senators that met with white house officials late into the night, what was accomplished, senator? >> i am very optimistic, we are so close to the finish line, and frankly, we need to cross the line and honor our promises to the american people, not simply because it was a campaign promise, but because obamacare is failing in every way possible. >> sandra: okay, the g.o.p. has made that very clear, and t...

That. you have heard donald trump say various things about health care in this country. but he has at several points suggested that the government has an obligation to take care of people. so there is a discordant note listening say were going to let it fail. these are real people who are still on obamacare or covered under obamacare. this is why when you implement an entitlement program, its hard to then remove it and he is discovering that. >> ken, youre the president of the senate conservativ...

Is going to do and walk away? >> the people always hold political leaders account nl. accountable. when we see a process not working well, they expect us to do something about it. its hard for us to understand the complexities, the vote, why people cant come together on this, but you have to figure out a way to do it. its not sufficient to say were going to wash our , we have to engage in it. we will continue ta pahat path reforming that we already started on. we dont want to make the medicaid e...

They get in there and dont do anything, they are not result oriented. they are just about headlines. >> juan: i was saying go, go. and you blame them, not donald trump? >> jesse: donald trump did not target health care. he allowed ryan and mcconnell free reign and what we have for it? nothing. >> juan: donald trump said it right at the start, im going to repeal obamacare and then talk about replaced. he said he wasnt going to do anything with the entitlement program. nothing was social security,...

This is seven years of arguing going down the drain. >> bill: he was talking about a fundamental principle of government. when you do and entitlement program, you cannot pull it back. >> i think he is exactly right on that. you look at what everybody agrees, analysts that look at the federal debt, say entitlements drive the debt. instead what we seen, is democrats create a new entitlement and medicaid extending to able-bodied working adults. republicans unable to pull it back or unwilling, despi...

Competition alive and well in the private sector. im not going to bail out insurance companies because that wont solve the problem. senator cruzs amendment will allow people to buy policies beyond the obama care policy. were creating more choice. were repealing the individual mandate, the employer mandate, which are the heart and soul of obama care. so this proposal by mitch mcconnell is not like obama care. my proposal is the ultimate republican solution in this regard. we believe those closest...

Members to vote yes on their latest version of health care reform. >> we are very, very close to ending in health care nightmare. we are so close. >> reporter: as it stands, susan collins of maine and rand paul of kentucky remain opposed to the plan. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any rrgs or consideration of -- hearings or consideration of the implications. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot lose any more vot...

In deficits over the next 30 years. weve got debt as a percentage of gdp at world war ii levels. they say it is going to double. this is not healthy for anyone. if we have programs we cannot pay for. i think maybe that will be a focus over the next week, lets hope. >> which is why i keep bringing up to these folks. characterize what happened to medicaid. lets take a look at this, the fastest-growing entitlement program out there because the truth is, is that its a very, you know, good narrative ...