for many americans. every income level isn t every american. there s an understanding people will see their taxes go up in some areas. i think every american will be better off because that measures the wages and the taxes of it. what we re trying to focus on are paychecks. they ve been stagnant if you look at joint tax almost 20 years. people are living paycheck to paycheck. so this is both about getting tax relief, getting jobs back to america getting those paychecks growing, as well. all of that is important especially the middle class. you ve been talking to your members about the boost in economic growth, the boosts in wages. that s a tough thing to show, a tough thing to sell especially before a dynamic score. are you confident that that is absolutely going to happen? you can promise right now that that will happen? i absolutely believe it will. here s why. look, we re struggling up till recently under the president trump, we ve been struggling at less than 2% growth. it ha
it just emphasizes my current reading of the moment. we have a promise to keep. if anything, this puts more pressure on making sure we follow through. how much of this, amanda, do you think is not so much about this bill but as much about the fact that republicans need to deliver something? they need to be able to go back to their voters and say, okay, obamacare, the repeal and replace didn t work and the wall isn t bill, et cetera, et cetera, but this is a major piece of legislation and we did get this done? yeah, here s the think, a lot of people went along with trump and his victory and gave him the benefit of the doubt because they wanted to get things done. if they don t get things done and able to point to legislative victories they are forced to run on trumpism as cultural conservative issues. will that work for someone mimicking trump in a place like minnesota which it seems that masha bla masha blackburn is doing? but where they compete with moderate dems, it isn t going
isn t every american. there is an understanding right now people will see their taxes go up in some areas. i have to tells you this, i think every american will be off. here s why. that measures the wages and the taxes of it. what we re trying to focus on aren t paychecks. unlike some unsenior republicans pledging tax cuts for everybody, kevin brady is saying there will certainly be tax cuts across the board but some people will see theirs go up. the overall economic argument is what leaders are focused on with their members right now. it will determine whether or not this bill has a future in the house, skbrak. phil, while traveling in asia, president trump called into a meeting of senate democrats. sources familiar with the conversation tell cnn that president trump told he would be a big loser under the current plan. does his call alone show a sincere effort to bring democrats into the process, do you think? reporter: there has been outreach, no doubt about it. there have be