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To be bipartisan, right? definitionally must be. >> absolutely. >> so i know youre going to be ta attending a meeting next week on the presidents mental health. have you talked to your republican colleague? >> yes. >> are any of them in agreement with you, or -- >> theyre certainly not going to say it. the republicans have a political agenda. day wantthey wanted a massive t cut for corporations and the wealt wealt wealthy. they got that because they have a republican president. they want to cut ...

Whether some democrats actually want to work with this president right now, who has terrible poll numbers and who is shadowed by the russia probe, thats another story. the other idea would be to sort of double down on what the president has always wants to do, which is cater to the base, that could include welfare reform or other attempts to address entitlement programs. thats something we could figure out right now. that kind of debate is going to headline discussions at camp david this weekend...

Because this tax plan maybe will give them a little extra pocket change to go out and finance a trip or a new washing machine, but whats going to happen when they also see whats coming next in terms of their health care premiums going up, in terms of the attempt to claw back some of the entitlement programs where this is the social safety net for a lot of these voters. and so thats why youre seeing these dramatic shifts already in these special elections, and its a big concern for the president ...

Republicans, or do they do it by rallying their base, getting them excited and getting them to turn out? paul: which means opposing everything, right, kim? kim, that means opposing just about everything. >> exactly. thats right. thats how you -- you resist, you resist. this is also what the ascendant wing of the liberal party wants, the progressive wing. so i think that those forces are just so strong that it will be very unlikely that they will step up to do something in a bipartisan manner. >>...

Official. republican congressional leaders will huddle with president trump next week at camp david to discuss their priorities for the year ahead. the washington examiner confirms mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan are scheduled to join trump at the retreat on january 6 and 7. still unclear what is at the top of the agenda. president has expressed interest in pursuing a bipartisan infrastructure deal while speaker ryan is pushing a plan to reform welfare and other entitlement program...

Private conversations on the democrat side and they will say they want to work on infrastructure and in the next sentence they will say they are terrified of giving the republicans and president trump win. is it going to be good policy thats good for the nation or is it going to be pandering to your political base? >> julie: thats a good point and obviously democrats dont want to lose any of their base when it comes to these midterms and then they may add appear weak if they give in. >> its real...

Cut. framing it as entitlements. but this is the social safety network. what lbj put together, something thats kept poor americans, poor white americans, afloat. way they framed it to constituents is its these people taking -- >> welfare. >> taking the money from our government. >> its welfare and color of welfare framed by republicans is black and latino picture but real numbers say that white americans are the primary beneficiary of all the entitlement programs. paul ryan is looking at members...

What lbj put together, something thats kept poor americans, poor white americans, afloat. way they framed it to constituents is its these people taking -- >> welfare. >> taking the money from our government. >> its welfare and color of welfare framed by republicans is black and latino picture but real numbers say that white americans are the primary beneficiary of all the entitlement programs. paul ryan is looking at members of his party, people who vote religiously with the republican party say...

Have done is set fiscal policy on course in a way that it wont even matter next year if the democrats get control of the house and senate because theyre going to inherit a huge deficit, caused by a massive tax cut, a completely unnecessary tax cut there is absolutely no economic justification for it whatsoever. and the fiscal responsibility groups, they use to be so powerful and said absolutely nothing during the tax debate are suddenly gearing up to say we must reduce advertisement progra -- en...

Caused by a massive tax cut, a completely unnecessary tax cut there is absolutely no economic justification for it whatsoever. and the fiscal responsibility groups, they use to be so powerful and said absolutely nothing during the tax debate are suddenly gearing up to say we must reduce entitlement programs and scale back on welfare and food stamps and all these programs that help ordinary americans because of the deficit. so its all part of a plan, you see, to inflate the deficit. and then use ...