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Entitlement by another name. tax credits are the price tack -- a republican congressman when the plan was put out retweeted it by saying obamacare 2.0. >> my opinion is looking at this and going through it and this is something shannon people can read. its 120 pages. its not 2700 pages. to me its lights out on obamacare. its returning the freedom to people. were getting away from government-controlled health care to patient-centered care. thats how the whole process is lined out. i think its imp...

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Republican leaders drafted the bill in secrecy and then prevented him from seeing it. >> this is being presented as if this were a national secret, as if this were a plot to invade another country, as if this were national security. thats wrong. this should be done openly in the public and conservatives who have objections who dont want obamacare light should be allowed to see the bill. i think theres a bill in there, but i asked for the copy of the bill and im being told i cant have a copy of t...

Transparency. but this is a meeting in the middle. this is what typically happens with a bill and if we dont get it after mark-up, then we have a problem. i think we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves in terms of pushing a full drop. maria: all right, congressman, we watching for that mark-up. we will see you soon. >> my pleasure. maria: alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign, but thats not enough for the left. some call forking incomment counsel, up next why one former spec...

The things he described are just not accurate. and like i said, when committees write their bills and put their bills out there to mark up, everybody will see what they have done. spirit republican kentucky senator rand paul joined me now albert senator, good evening. >> thank you. >> he said this is just a start and its up to the committee, and you are not part of that committee. >> i think its actually more about substance than anything else. my concern is a little bit about transparency but a...

Not accurate. and like i said, when committees write their bills and put their bills out there to mark up, everybody will see what they have done. spirit republican kentucky senator rand paul joined me now albert senator, good evening. >> thank you. >> he said this is just a start and its up to the committee, and you are not part of that committee. >> i think its actually more about substance than anything else. my concern is a little bit about transparency but a lot about substance. im annoyed ...

So a lot of conservatives will be upset to know that we are keeping those things from obamacare and there needs to be an open debate about that. >> bret: is that all true? >> no, its not. i think -- i like rand, but i think he is looking for a publicity stunt here. the committees of jurisdiction are drafting the frustration in getting feedback from their members. thats exactly how legislation is supposed to be written. the things he described are just not accurate. like i said, when the committe...

On repealing and then replacing this law. the concern thats being raised here, you hear from rand paul. look, this is going to be sprung on republican members of congress at the last minute and theyre going to have to take or leave it. is that the path republicans are going down here? >> no, absolutely not. what youre going to see is an open process. were going to have a mark-up. and well take it to the floor and the march time frame is very reasonable. and i think were going to be successful at...

Troubling. >> senator, he also said he didnt get a heads up about the republicans doing this. your colleague senator hatch said, and quoting him now, i dont care what they want at this point. do you agree with that? >> i think we did what needed to be done to be able to move the process forward, wolf. all the democrats would have had to do to raise the issues was show up. they didnt show up yesterday or again today. and obviously, that prevents us from being able to move now. if they had showed ...

Ago the democrats not attending the senate finance committee vote where actually one democrat is required for this vote to actually take place, so in a rather extraordinary and very unusual move, boycotting this vote altogether, that is something that just is not really done particularly on such a huge issue. like a cabinet nominee. now, the question for the republicans is how to deal with this going forward. its something that they have not figured out yet, but they may not be able to have a fu...