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Senate. democrats say they want to save obamacare, change obamacare, improve obamacare. republicans are looking at this idea that they would replace it. the president mentioned the individual mandate. that is the portion of obamacare that requires nearly every american to purchase or have health insurance. now that that is done, does a number of analysts say that portion of obamacare could very well unravel, but there is still a very large part of the law, including the expansion of medicaid. al...

Not offer enough. there was relief. >> obamacare was hardly perfect. it did a lot of good things, but it needs improvement. and i hope one part of turning that page is that we go back to regular order, working the committees to gather to improve obamacare. >> improve obamacare, that is what democrats want, republicans are dealing with not being able to deliver on a campaign promise so far. >> you know, it is not over until its over. and being defeated is temporary. what is permanent is giving up...

Two, so you really need republicans that are very, very, very committed to it, and you see there what happened with congressman blom. he was a no, then became a yes vote on this health care bill. then he walks out of an interview with not a difficult question. he should be able to answer that. and then sort of wilts when hes pressured at his town hall. do they have the intestinal fortitude to push through on this one? >> well, certainly it seems that representative blom doesnt. and i think thats...

Their coverage. so republicans are running into the truth and their lies over the past seven years are being exposed, and theyre going to continue to get that type of treatment at town halls. >> shermichael, one second here. you can say what you want. but you come at it from a different perspective in that you think obamacare is deeply flawed and needs to be changed in a major way, if not repealed and replaced, but you also know that republicans are being forced to get behind a bill here, the ho...

In the republicans quest to repeal and replace obamacare, the scene has now shifted to the senate, where today members of a key working group are trying to hammer something out, but for one republican in the house, while the vote may be over, the battle looks like its just beginning. with the health care debate sparking intense town halls nationwide, iowa congressman rod blum now wont let people into his town hall unless they can prove -- he is screening them -- they can prove that they live in ...

Offer something proactive, saying, look, this is the way we can fix this, lets come together and do something? >> look, i think as long as the process is the way the republicans have designed it -- remember, republicans in the house, nor in the senate, have reached out to a single democrat to talk about how obamacare could be improved. the president has not reached out to a single democrat. so i dont think its incumbent upon joe manchin to participate in a process that republicans have left demo...

Testify, then we could get past this. >> would she really? im not really quite sure she would. im not sure thats off the table, by the way. listen, shes already testified internally for the obama administration investigation coming out of the doj with obama donor barbara bosserman leading that investigation. shes already talked to internal investigation. the president himself used bernard whitman line and said in his interview with bill oreilly, no smidgeon of wrongdoing. what is she obstructing...

Around here again. my point is, they have to answer those questions so we can come to understand how intense the presidents effort was to stop or slow the russia investigation. >> congressman, appreciate your take on these issues. they all matter. thank you very much. >> thanks, chris. >> thanks to our international viewers for watching. for you, cnn "newsroom" is next. for our u.s. viewers, we have new reporting and it is time to get after it >> i think its important that the senate moves forwa...