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Solved. so he got his 51 votes, senator corker being the only republican senator to hold out, of course. and to stick it to. corker is the only one who is running for re-election. at the end of the day the importance for republicans is to go back if you are facing re-election in the mid-terms to go back to your constituents and say i got something done, i got this tax bill done, whether or not its revenue newt tram or producing is yet to be seen, i havent seen the evidence to that. >> revenue ne...

Politically motivated investigations. this will not be pretty. and yet there is no coherent, well organized political function inside the white house to the extent that it exists, there is a shop run by bill stepien who literally if you talk to conservative leaders around the country, leaders of outside groups, most of them couldnt identify him in a lineup. many of them havent met him. one had to google him when i got in touch with him, and there is a recognition within the white house at the mo...

Structural changes to fix it, but really theyve let the freshman year go without any serious preparation for the mid-terms. >> mr. steppian, we should note is a graduate of the chris christie political operation in the state of new jersey. >> though they hate each other with a venomous passion -- venomous passion. >> im just trying to be nice. just trying to point out his résume. the precman year is a great way to put it. are we still going to reach the end? in your view end judgment of this fr...

But there will potentially be impeachment, things of that nature democrats will push. politically motivated investigations. this will not be pretty. and yet there is no coherent, well organized political function inside the white house to the extent that it exists, there is a shop run by bill stepien who literally if you talk to conservative leaders around the country, leaders of outside groups, most of them couldnt identify him in a lineup. many of them havent met him. one had to google him whe...

Advantage in the 2018 mid-terms and to capitalize on allegations that have been long out there about donald trump. the efforts to make those political are going to be really difficult. we are in a moment when allegations and accusations and revelations are coming out against both democrats and republicans across the board and across industries. and that its going to be very messy and its not a clean thing where you can make a political calculation and know thats going to help you politically dow...

For decades, its cutting taxes. so even with an un -- a mer curial figure in the white house, across capitol hill, republicans will probably be able to unite on this. they know they cant go into the mid-terms next year with having accomplished nothing. so its just a matter of some of the details but i think there are several republican senators that have real concerns whether this is going to increase the debt and deficit too much. and so far they dont have good answers yet from the white house ...

See a biggest gift wrapped present for democrats heading into 2018. theyre already sal ivating. for democrats headed into the mid-terms. a president, despite the fact that the rest of the party runs against roy moore the president of the united states now embraces roy moore, a ped dial. >> you are starting to hear, that obviously, on tv, fought only democrats but some conservatives that want to see roy moore lose on twitter are saying republicans rick being called the party of pedophiles. >> tha...

Board eventually but right now youre looking at a case of whack a moel. if you give something to ron johnson on pass-throughs that costs money. and theyre pretty constrained on what theyre trying to do on budget rules. the big question right now is will the political imperative end up winning out? >> pass something, pass something. >> regardless of the policy. by the end of the year give ourselves an achievement going into the election year, give president trump an achievement going into 2018 in...

They know the president doesnt-like mitch mcconnell. >> going into the mid-terms, absent that situation where he doesnt sign something, its clear. after the mid-terms and by the way if we might have a democrat problem with them having control of one of the parts of congress -- >> uh-oh! >> yes. thats what youll hear. unless trump fails to sign major legislation, its not on him. thats fair, by the way. >> i want to tell everybody, remind them what were looking at so they dont think were sitting o...

Complicated. by and large its a cut for everyone but you look through the various income brackets and depending on which deductions and exemptions you are losing, some middle class families can see tax increases. >> eric: getting rid of the interest on extreme medical situations and some college interest. that sort of things can really affect people. >> exactly. this will be such a difficult thing for republicans to defendinging into the mid-terms. they need a win. both leaders of both the house...