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Against republicans as long as we stand by and let these guys sit in the seats. democrats in congress should show more leadership and call these guys to step down. i know it is not easy. i know at times, it is tough to shake up the party that way, but is important we lead by example and this and show that our own representatives are not above the law or subject to different set of rules. >> dana: strong stance. we appreciate. let me ask about tax reform, because we have word today that senator r...

That? >> its a ridiculous idea. of course the tape is authentic. if the tape were not authentic, a lot of things wouldnt have happened including billy bush and what happened to his career. this is the president going into self-preservation mode. he is very vulnerable in his own right on very similar charges. so he has a partisan imperative to support roy moore because hes got an agenda. he wants to be protected by republicans in the senate. he wants to save that seat. that dovetails with his imp...

Animals, they see me and theyre like -- >> martin: "no, no, no. not him." [ laughter ] >> anthony: yeah. "not that guy." theres a joke around here somewhere, but to tell you the truth, the stuff is just too good. its, like, ten below zero in this freakin town. and that generally does not spell "good time" for me. a good time for me is more like a palm tree, a beach, a swimming pool, where the only cold thing is my beer. ♪ but, no. these hardy culinarians of the north like to frolic in the snow...

Column. >> melissa: would you put the state and local deduction back in? to make sure people who are protected in states that have high taxes? >> i think you can see a little bit of wiggle room around that, take a state like mine that doesnt have a state income tax but a lot of our small businesses will say we may be paying above $10,000 in sales tax because of the way we organize our business and they want to be able to maximize that portion of the deduction. there might be some wiggle room aro...

Of a case of whack-a-mole. if you give something to ron johnson on pass-throughs that costs money. the big question right now is will the political imperative end up winging out. >> pass something pass something. >> pass anything. >> regardless of the policy. >> by the end of the year give ourselves an achievement going into the election year. give president trump an achooemt going into 2018 in the midterms. will that win out over individual policy concerns, individual provision concerns. it won...

Market to pop a little bit after two downed days. there are concerns ironing out differences between the house and senate could be problematic for tax reform. remember, veinvestors want the rate that they think will be imperative for their businesses. its less about the middle class tax cuts for corporate america and permanent tax relief. any sign of that and you will see markets continue to climb. we will have the opening bell for you right after the break. lets get started. show of hands. who ...

Make more of whats yours. >> as we see, president trump has just wrapped up a meeting on capitol hill ahead of a crucial must pass bill for republicans in the house tax reform. i want to bring in phil matingly. whats the latest? it sounds like they might be voting soon. >> in a matter of minutes. about 20 minutes is what they are expecting. the best distribution i got of where things stand in the house is from a member. i texted him and said what are you expecting? he said two words. no dram a. ...

Boosting up child tax credit, lowering the individual rates for middle class, those are now options on the table because of that 338 billion. make no mistake about it, democrats seized on this issue, theyre trying to rally the grass roots like they did throughout the health care debate. the republican play is this, they know this is politically toxic. they know that this is divisive. their hope based on what theyve seen in the last couple weeks in the tax reform process is that the political imp...

Deficit savings, money that republicans in the u.s. senate if they want to pass this bill with a simple majority vote will need for their proposal. they made very clear, they searched high and low, this is the best way for them to get such a large chunk of money, for several wary republican members in the senate, providing more options on they thinks like boosting up child tax credit, lowering the individual rates for middle class, those are now options on the table because of that 338 billion. ...

Their memory the health care debate has been and understand up to the point of now, currently, they havent been able to get the votes for health care. heres where the calculation leads right now, according to gop officials. they believe the political imperative, the idea that they need to do something, anything on the legislative front will win the day over the political concerns, over riling up the democratic base. over the concerns about co-mingling health care with tax reform. at this moment,...