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But i think the odds are better than 50/50 that it actually goes through. >> eric: can you imagine the way theyre cutting deals in the back doors. you cant imagine them. >> look, here is the issue. republicans desperately need a win now, right? they have had full control of the house, senate and white house for the last 11 months and have nothing to point to legislatively. they desperately need a win. if youre mitch mcconnell and paul ryan youre looking at this and saying this will be a hard bil...

In. you can go over chapter and verse and we should be running issue ads. republicans tell you theyre for the working person. president trump tells you, but what about this? what about that? what about that? and i get these ads on way before the 18 election. number one. >> thats your advice to tom perez? >> my advice to tom perez, but he cant do tay loan, obviously. moneywise. secondly, i talk about what we want to do. for example, infrastructure. i think the republicans are going to punt on inf...

Great to be here today to reveal legislation that would represent the most significant reform to our immigration system and a half a century. i want to think senators tom cotton and david perdue for their tremendous work in putting together this historic and very vital proposal. as a candidate, i campaigned on creating a merit-based immigration system that protects u.s. workers and taxpayers and that is why we are here today. merit-based. the raise act will reduce poverty, increase wages, and sa...

Have to be able to afford it. you have to be able to afford insurance. and i dont think that all the people who have been added to the rolls because of obamacare, they certainly -- some of them couldnt afford it before and now they can. >> if you want to get into the affording aspect of it, the best thing that we can do in the federal government to ensure that people can afford health care is to do things that will help increase wages. and one of the best things to help increase wages for workin...

Want the benefit corpses but you have to say how that helps increase wages. >> how does it? >> -- for americans. >> yeah, how does it? >> well, it does because if you have more government overregulation, you have companies, wealthy people investing in the economy, you have -- youre doing to have job creation and youre doing to have people making more money. >> i mean -- >> it hasnt happened. its happening right now. >> we have seen the failure of trickle down economics for decades. the fact that...