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Temperature of the members of congress up here. members who dont normally go out of their way to speak out like this. thats why the statement that murkowski put out last night caught my attention. shes someone who has shown shell stand up to president trump with her vote. remember, she voted against the health care repeal bill. she generally keeps her cards close to her vest. she doesnt go out of her way to pick fights. she put out a very strong statement, calling this policy cruel. saying the w...

Mad at the other republicans. of course he cant get 60 votes in the -- in the senate there is only 51 republicans. and that counts people likely is a murkowski and mitch mcconnell. >> stop right there. >> if there is a chance to solve this. >> if he reached out to republicans and democrats in the senate and in congress, dont you think -- instead of just appealing to his base, dont you think he may have been able to get some of this done? and he wouldnt be so angry, wouldnt have to angry tweet. >...

And here this is the outcome of it even if we dont know the number -- i think its a good idea to put national guardman on the border its about time. >> so listen. >> everything i say is honestly done. >> im asking you a an honest question. he said -- mexico is going to pay for the wall over and over and over again. the american people wouldnt have to worry about it. the mexico is not going to pay for the wall. and then now he is upset because mexico wont pay for the wall. he ended daca, blaming ...

Paul, including two women who were reasonable people like murkowski and collins who use usually hold back. i think they all voted. >> i think its hard to be conservative in the era of president trump. once i said, look, he is who he is. i dont like his personality or the things he says or his stweets. but for the good of the country i have to look at his policies. and i have to since he became president i support his policies. >> does the end justify the means? >> look, its washington. >> im onl...

Know. we already saw the nunes memo. now we want to see the democratic memo so the american people can judge for themselves. it looks very partisan. it looks terrible for the white house. >> what do you make of the republican partys 90% support for trump? the latest numbers are astounding. the old line was democrats fall in love are, republicans fall in line. they have really fallen in line for this guy. the top people voted with him on tax bill. all of them. including rand paul, including the t...

Do? clearly the pliolitically right thing to do is to make sure that steve winn doesnt make it to that meeting. and ultimately i think the party is going to have to get rid of him. but i dont know what president trump will do. >> you have the rnc, the nrsc, ruby, johnson, scott, murkowski, dean heller is up for r re-electi re-election. >> a lot of the vegas casino owners. >> they play mostly on one side and then theyll do the other. >> i have gotten to the rnc meetings this week. the rnc is a le...

Men spent weeks concocting it in secret. >> they should have approved health care last night, but you cant have everything. boy, oh, boy, they have been working on that one for seven years. can you believe that? >> in one of the most jaw-dropping political moments, the republican plan to destroy obamacare failed in dramatic fashion on friday, and three republican centers rejected the skinny repeal. much of the media applause has gone to the vote of john mccain, and collins and murkowski had a to...

Hard. what must it feel like having -- you had the -- the deciding vote. what must it feel like to be collins and murkowski inside the republican party right now. >> its harder. its much harder because of the social media. its easier to you know to focus your ire through facebook and other sorts of devices like that. it gets pretty you go ugly on the receiving end of national tweets. you probably never have gotten anything like that. >> im in the clear all the time. its a love fest. >> the impor...

Weekend, came back from holidays to be ready to deliver this tax reform plan. i would be remiss as well if i didnt thank our team and committee led by david stewart and barbara angus, our tax counsel, who did remarkable work. [ applause ] i cannot wait to see this new life that springs up in our economy in the united states as we deliver more jobs, fairer taxes and bigger paychecks for the american people. thank you. [ applause ] and i am -- im proud to introduce the chairman of the energy commi...

You know, governor mitt romney and scholars advanced this idea. its not a death blow, but its certainly a terrible precedent i think its going to come back to haunt them in the 2018 elections. >> i talked to kathleen sebelius yesterday. she explained that the individual mandate was really one of three vital stools for obamacare. because thaw dont have to face the fines or theyre young and healthy and dont want it. premiums go up and youre back to the people in the public market to be generally s...