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No to a democratic proposal in the bipartisan bill. it would have partially paid for the plan through increased irs enforcement. >> one reason its not part of the proposal is that we did have pushback. another reason is we found out that the democrats were going to put a proposal into the reconciliation package which was not just similar to the one we had, but with a lot more irs enforcement. so that created quite a problem because the general agreement is that this is the bipartisan negotiated ...

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Notes, i see. >> cramming. >> great to have you here. president trump will kick off the new year with a big push on infrastructure. will democrats help him deliver on this agenda item. >> republicans and democrats will come together on a deal for health care. and a revealing new interview with president trumps predecessor, mr. obama sitting down with prince harry to talk politics and life after the white house. we begin with abby phillip in west palm beach, florida. good morning. >> reporter: go...

Next year will be the first referendum on how that works. there is so much that you can take a lesson from in the past. generally speaking, when we are talking about infrastructure, remember, we havent had a comprehensive infrastructure proposal pass long in a long time. even in a year where this isnt is the political -- the political wins arent what they are, it is hard. it is a split and its not an easy lift. >> ron, this tweet yesterday got a bit of attention. the president saying based on th...

Democrats say they want to improve the law and they have not gone anywhere near the same page when it comes to health care and obamacare. the other initiative from the white house, the white house says republicans will come out with an infrastructure proposal. the democrats have said, they are open to this, but they want to work with the administration on this or that of course it depends on the details. how much money the white house and democratic pumpkins are looking to spend, whether the fed...

When you are in a hole, stop digging. the fact of the matter is thats not what the public wants. the public would be a lot more in favor of is something that president trump has suggested an openness to, which is taking a one off step to address prescription drug costs. there are democrats in congress that would work with the president on that. it would be an opportunity for him to put points on the board on the health care issue. it would be popular. he would be able to move on and pivot -- we ...

And to enter into bipartisan agreements that will not only keep the government funding for six months, but to have -- to work on this every year so we dont have these short-term deadlines. >> in light of the fact you said you got a number of things out of this budget, do you think you can work with the trump white house? >> look, ive been waiting for the administration, for example, to make any proposal on infrastructure. democrats in the senate came out with an infrastructure proposal way back ...

Republican voters. his brand is im different. barack obamas brand was im new, im different, i will fix a broken washington. when he couldnt do that, thats when he started to lose the middle. donald trump never had the middle but he has his people. at some point, your brand suffers. he needs a win. >> he needs a win and the normal way to get one would be to make cause with democrats. phil said hes going to suddenly start to look to maybe leverage some sway over these recalcitrant house republican...