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Of negotiations to win these as far as. so were expecting a cbo score off this draft bill we saw thursday early next week, its like ily, almost certain, the bill is going to change as mitch mcconnell will win some of those holdouts. so we may not have a cbo score that tells us the impact of the final piece of lemslation thats voted on. >> gabby, as you look at the number of senators, five as of this saturday, reportedly, there could be two or three more on thege at the moment. do you know what t...

Going to go for phasing out the expanded medicaid. >> we have no idea. >> no idea. >> there are a couple different camps. theres not just the moderates and the conservatives. theres also some in the middle, really concerned about medicaid. >> yeah. >> planned parenthood, you worry about murkowski and collins. medicaid, you worry about portman and shelly moore caputo. this is going to be a tough needle to thread. good luck you to, mitch. president trump touting the republican health care plan a...

It was the members working among themselves to come out and strike some deal. trump fancies himself this great deal maker, hes going to make a deal, hes going to offer someone a white house tour, some easter egg roll tickets, thats how they thought it was going to get done in the house, thats not how it worked out, and thats not how it worked out in the senate, especially with a senate with 30% approval rating and very little political capital in the districts the republicans need the votes the ...

Things. >> it could have a very big negative impact, it could have a positive impact, vis-a-vis, the push to get something done. it depends on who the senator is and where they go and what they hear. for every senate republican from alaska, like murkowski or from nevada who are hearing from their constituents dont vote for these medicaid cuts, because were going to lose our care. you also have those from conservative states saying, excuse me, you promised me you were going to repeal obamacare, g...

Problematic for republican senators? >> clearly its part of an overall puzzle that, you know, ultimately caused a number of republican senators to have concerns. we do know there are two prominent women republican senators, senator come nllins, senator murkowski. they sit on the committee that was set to have this hearing for mr. puzder. theyre people were told they certainly had not yet come out and publicly said they would support him. they were publicly still on the fence waiting for the hear...

>> so when you found out -- >> thats not true, senator. >> because you decide not to tell them, wink, wink, nod, not, and were all just supposed to believe that? >> its what members of this committee, its the manner in which -- >> im not one of them, so -- >> i understand that. but its important to appreciate thats the case. >> then i want to understand, when you found out that your broker had made this trade, without your knowledge, did you reprimand her? >> what i did was comply -- >> a note t...

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Power. ironically, we talk about the dream act. in 2010 at the lame duck session the dream act had a real chance of passing, got through the house. in the senate it got 55-41. five democrats voted against it. baucus, hagan, nelson, prior, tester. three republicans voted for it, bennett, luger, murkowski. had the five democratic senators voted for it it would have become law. the president could have passed it through. it never happened. so there is reluctance also, i think we have to see, from s...

Political collector. chuck, who holds the cards now? >> reporter: right now were looking at a group of republican senators that are ready to potentially deal with harry reid. thats what this could come down to. could come down in the next few hours, to be honest. but there are people publicly today that came out for cutting a deal, including john thune from south dakota, murkowski of alaska. roy blunt of missouri. i didnt mention the main republicans most assume would be available for potential ...

Potentially deal with harry reid. thats what this could come down to. could come down in the next few hours, to be honest. but there are people publicly today that came out for cutting a deal, including john thune from south dakota, murkowski of alaska. roy blunt of missouri. i didnt mention the main republicans most assume would be available for potential crossover appeal. i can tell you this right now, harry reid is dangling a lot of things to try to attract republicans pap few more cuts up fr...