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Words give more to people, or take more money out of the system. if you look to the house of representatives, this will have to go there obviously. its the freedom caucus that is a sticking point. so makes sense that they would want to make this more conservative. >> it would make sense. remember, you have people like dean heller, collins from maine, murkowski from alaska. those are members that have concerns about pulling back and restricting coverage and premium hikes. so those are -- when you...

Welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports." im peter alexander here in washington. back to andrea in a moment. but first here at the nations capital, a delayed vote for the senate health care bill, and joining me is republican congressman charlie dent, who voted against the house version. congressman dent, appreciate your being here. lets get right to this. mitch mcconnell out there today effectively saying the democrats arent going to work with us, but we have been hearing from a series of repub...

Comfortable place. were still optimistic. >> the republican bill is rotten at the core. well fight the ball tooth-and-nail. >> we have no choice really if you solve this situation. >> day 159 and republicans are furiously trying to jump start their stalled senate health care bill. moments ago trump taking to his favorite twitter. quote, with zero democrats to help and a failed, expensive and dangerous obamacare as the dems legacy, the republican senators are working hard. and he tweeted i just ...

So isnt it time our networks did too? introducing americas largest, most reliable 4g lte combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. would you be a proponent of trying to work across the aisle to make some of those fixes as opposed to saying weve got to start over? >> absolutely. >> your ongoing discussions, will they include democrats? >> they are not interested in participating in this. >> there you have it, with the senate gop health care bill in limbo s...

So, this indicates a much more -- much bigger political problem, i think, than do the conservatives. remember, you didnt have the pictures up there of collins, murkowski, portman. there are other people that expressed real concerns about the bill in its current form. they havent come out in total opposition like thats other five gentlemen but this will be a battle on the conservative side and the more centrist folks inside the party. >> lets talk about russia. theres big news, that russia meddle...

It depends on who you ask. because i think the perception amongth the grassroots conservatives now is this bill was largely crafted on the fly. it was done largely in secret. and a lot of republicans are a bit uneasy about that. people like senator rand paul, ron johnson, as well as of course senator heller, albeit for different reasons. because hes perceived as being more of a moderate. senator susan collins, senator murkowski, they take issue with this bill because it defends planned parenthoo...

Position to say, hey, youve got to make some changes here or there, to possibly give him an out for eventually voting for the bill if he gets a few concessions from mcconnell. whats notable though, a lot of the moderates, murkowski, collins, some of the more moderate members, they didnt draw a line in the sand and didnt come out and say we wouldnt vote for the bill. elizabeth: because there was a planned parenthood issue. >> they dont like the defunding planned parenthood in the bill. if they ge...

Their health care. 100%. and your state will lose millions of dollars that is now written into your budget. the calculation had becomes much more for the governor. >> and you are screwing your state. >> thats right. >> you can say that ideologically it is for the better good. but in a short term ledgeert sense, here are the others. youve worked with them. murkowski and collins. they have both made noises but very noncommittal. it seems to me they have a lot of leverage theyre not using. it goes ...

Does the white house expect there will be some sort of a way to reconcile these somewhat opposing differences and if about so what is going to change to satisfy these different views? >> i cant imagine a change that would actually work to satisfy everyone because were seeing opposition as you said from both sides of the spectrum in the republican party and those five who have publicly come out against the bill arent even the only once wavering. you also have murkowski can and collins both said t...

Written into your budget. the calculation had becomes much more for the governor. >> and you are screwing your state. >> thats right. >> you can say that ideologically it is for the better good. but in a short term ledgeert sense, here are the others. youve worked with them. murkowski and collins. they have both made noises but very noncommittal. it seems to me they have a lot of leverage theyre not using. it goes back to what im suggesting. im not sure highway patrol money he who is the play wi...