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Country illegally as children as leverage over republicans the next time that they need to talk about the budget, which is just a few days before the state of the union in january. >> this is an issue we have a moral imperative to solve here in congress. so democrats want to make sure that we have equal bargaining. were not going to allow things like disaster relief go forward without discussing some of the other issues we care about that i mentioned. >> schumer mentioned it also being considere...

To deliver for the american people. this was not a campaign promise. this is a moral imperative for people to deserve to keep more of their money. >> judge jeanine: you know, what is sometimes overlooked in this whole thing is that the repeal of the individual mandate, the requirement that people who dont buy insurance are going to be fined by all of those additional hires at the irs, and i assume that they wont be there much longer. you know, is something that is a good thing? >> so, today was ...

To be a state, right now its that time. weve been working on this for the past four months, saying how devastating this tax reform would be on puerto rico, if we are treated as a foreign country. many of the congressmen and senators have heard it. yet nothing was done about it. the main reason -- we dont have political power in congress. we dont have equal treatment in federal programs, and until we show that we can muster some muscle in some other jurisdictions or until the united states calls ...

Welcome back. were watching history happen before our eyes. thats the house of representatives live voting on final passage of the republican tax cut plan. its a big republican promise checked off and a win win for a president who gets a signature legislative accomplishment to show for his first year in office. were watching this play on the floor again. final passage, the crock lock i running out. everybody wants to vote on this one. if youre for it you want to be recorded, yes. if youre agains...

Its an imperative for our children and grandchildren will pay the price. both parties are to blame, democrats are worse by both parties are to blame and i do think that -- lets say after the next election, the economy pays off the way the tax bill is expected to. republicans pick up seats in the senate and dont get too badly beat up in the house, i think suddenly they are in a good position to maybe take on entitlement reform. the problem is the president made it very clear that he wouldnt touch...

Enough. what happens in five, seven years, leave that to the future. >> ill add one more piece to their bet, chris. theyre betting that theyre going to be rewarded by their voters next year for accomplishing a promise. that was the other piece, the political piece of this that was inside the conversation both on the senate side and the house side, inside the republican conferences. leadership was explaining to members day in and day out the imperative for them to be able to deliver a big ticket ...

Advocating. it is still the number of brackets still, the same, et cetera. it really in many ways kind of moves things around. theres a major corporate tax rate cut in this bill which is something theyre selling as a job creator and really kind of hanging all of this on. but for him i think this is a significant political victory. we are expecting this to pass relatively easily. they will likely see some defections from -- and weve talked a lot about this, chris, these republicans who come from ...

Are they expressing concern privately that this gambit, that theyre hoping that when people live the tax plan they learn to love it, but theres no guarantee of that before the mid terms? >> republicans privately are most concerned about the presidents poll numbers. republicans on capitol hill, rather than these particular numbers on the bill. as chris is saying, they do believe that americans will start to see some benefit and perceptions may change. more importantly, the numbers that have been ...

November, 2004, the navy fighter pilot was on a training mission west of san diego when he was ordered to check out something in the water not far away. on a clear day, over a smooth ocean, he saw the objects, waves breaking over it, and says he saw something hovering above it. >> its randomly moving north/south, east/west, just random. you know, just stopping, going the other direction, like you could do with a helicopter, but a little bit more abrupt. it looks like a 40-foot-long tic tac with ...

The scrappy kid from scranton, who became delawares favorite son. you were the first decision i made as a nominee, and it was the best. [ cheering and applause ] >> joseph robinette biden jr. is born to a businessman and homemaker in scranton, pennsylvania on november 20, 1942. looking for better opportunities, his parents moved 10-year-old joe and his younger siblings, valerie, james and frank, to delaware. >> there was no sense of entitlement in my family. there was an imperative that we get a...