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Song for the montana house seat. ryan zinke resigned because hes working in the white house. the election is just days away. the race is heating up. quist is getting high-profile help from bernie sanders. he took to the stage moments ago. beth fouhy is there. what issues are voters wanting to hear more about? >> reporter: we heard very little about that, yasmin, but the whole russia probe, everything thats consuming washington right now really was not on display here in montana. over and over ag...

Areas obama created remain in the law, including pregnancy. certain states can ask for opt-outs. but there are a lot of lawmakers, all the states in america before obamacare have all sorts of regulations and mandates, most of which stay in the law under the acha. julie: but the option is there for them to opt out. the likelihood of that happening may not be high. but the fact they have the option scares some. >> to your point about the number of women and i would say minorities as well. men aren...

Premiums and get insurers back into the market. right now 19.5 million americans that arent covered because these premiums are absolutely out of control. they are just saying hey, im going to pay the penalty. we will also get rid of that penalty. get these insurers that want to get back in the business of insuring the american people. just yesterday, sarah huckabee sanders and deputy press secretary said herself preexisting conditions will be covered and these americans will be safe, secure, and...

Virginia gubernatorial candidate tom periello what he spotlights as the gop effort to crush affordable health care. >> im tom periello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians werent covered while insurance companies held all the power. >> at the website 538, nate silver writes the health care bill could be a job killer for gop incumbents because if republican members should suffer a similar penalty for voting for the acha has democrats it for obamacar...

>> it is tough to paint the medical community with one brush. if you look at the statements released by the medical organizations, they were not in favor of the acha. they felt too many people would lose health insurance. that is the concern from the medical organizations. i should point out if you look at the grade they gave the aca, obamacare, 5% or fewer gave that plan an "a" grade. >> when it first came out or today? >> over the last year. >> they are not satisfied with obamacare. this is no...

Testimony. it is a little ironic to hear mr. flynn seek immunity when he characterized immunity as something generally is an indication that somebody might be guilty. i dont believe that, but thats certainly his position. so its a little ironic he would be seeking immunity. is that some admission of guilt? i dont know. but i think its far too early for the senate or anyone else to be granting immunity until they have a better sense of the full scope of whats taking place. >> yeah. >> one would a...

Michigans justin amass saying what he said was not true. conservatives are not flipping. freedom caucus. very essential. what are you watching there? >> freedom caucus was basically formed in response to the american -- what did it used to be called? the aca, not the acha. >> obama care. >> it was a tea party reaction to what they considered to be this endless extra spending that the government was engaged in and that the affordable care act was the worst example of that. the idea that president...

As they try to reach out for health care insurance in the new market were creating so i tend to agree with you on that. i just wish youd keep up with the budget committee hearings. >> so what specifically in the acha, what part of the tax cuts would you like to repeal? theres the tax cut on dividends and investment on households over $250,000. thats a small percentage of the total $800 billion figure, right? >> its actually -- with all of the tax cuts its about $250. that doesnt include tax pena...

That doesnt include tax penalties were getting rid of for people who simply are right now paying the tax penalty because they dont want to buy the obamacare policies. that mandate isone but you still have several hundred billion dollars of other tax cuts in that bill that i think need to be retooled to assure that first and foremost were not leaving any families in the lurch as we shift from government-run health care system to a consumer-driven system where people have the widest variety of cho...

Said over the last ten years. whats the justification for that. >> chris, you may have missed the budget hearing today where i carried an amendment that got bipartisan approval, not an amendment but a motion requesting the rules committee to look at that. i dont think it is defensible or sustainable for us to be giving massive tax cuts to investors while we have not assured that the tax system is supporting low-income families as they try to reach out for health care insurance in the new market ...