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November. this is probably a move-on message from wall street and investors. move on to tax reform. move on to the regulatory roll back. move on to infrastructure spending. aga again, ive heard the arguments, the political and procedural arguments that they had to do the repeal and replace on obamacare first. time again and again, you cut taxes, made them retro act ive, there would have been more patience about the repeal and replace on obamacare. >> neil: the markets even with the downdraft, th...

Because part of tax reform would be getting rid of some of the obamacare taxes. house speaker paul ryan has made the case you have to do health care first, strip out those obamacare taxes, then on to tax reform after that. another big lift here on capitol hill. it sounds like after working the phones, after sending steve bannon, reince priebus, and mick mulvaney to the hill tonight, once again, to meet with lawmakers, it sounds like the white house has made up his mind, ready to move on, he has ...

Tax reform would be getting rid of some of the obamacare taxes. house speaker paul ryan has made the case you have to do health care first, strip out those obamacare taxes, then on to tax reform after that. another big lift here on capitol hill. it sounds like after working the phones, after sending steve bannon, reince priebus, and mick mulvaney to the hill tonight, once again, to meet with lawmakers, it sounds like the white house has made up his mind, ready to move on, he has done everything ...

>> and i think, you know, preexisting condition also under obamacare included someone who had to deal with domestic violence. so what does that mean when he says that? theres a lot here that is really not clear. >> the reason obamacare became unpolar, it didnt lower costs and it didnt empower consumers with the ability to keep the doors they liked. thats the bar republicans have to clear. does it lower costs for people on employer coverage? >> how do they deal with people that will suddenly not ...

Gerri willis with ben stein and charles, all these ceos meeting at various times, keep it rolling, went to see the regulatory relief. >> you pay less taxes, a dream for everyone watching the show. heather: 8 that is not -- you left out adam. >> when you have steve mnuchin, obamacare first, tax reform is complicated, that is when it starts getting worried, it is complicated but lowering taxes ronald reagan lowered taxes and a couple years later big time tax reform. ceos are excited but have to fo...

Saying that thing. but reform has to happen. i agree with you about tackling economic issues first. jobs. getting the economy moving. its good for america and its good politics. i was very persuaded by an oped that john mclaughlin, donald trumps pollster wrote for national review. he pointed out that chuck schumer, the democrat from new york, he said it was a mistake for democrats to do obamacare first. they should have tackled the economy. i would take a page out of that in terms of political a...

His -- of its own. lets bring in our panel. mercedes schlapp, a.b. stoddard, charles krauthammer. mercedes, you hear the president. i think a lot of people get focused on the day-to-day. you have some big things happening. one is the obamacare replacement which is expected at the beginning of march and the tax reform rollout that at some point is going to be coordinated probably also within the month of march. >> congress has been trying to move forward on obamacare first. they are trying to fig...

Some people are concerned. the big choice that republicans had to make going into the trump era, is deal with obamacare and repeal of that or do tax cuts first. they had to deal with obamacare first. and a bunch of procedural reasons. and had to pass obamacare and had to have a new budget and only 50 votes in the senate, that the path that the white house and the congress are on. and the problem with that one, dealing with obamacare is more complicated than the campaign slog an suggested. >> jon...

His -- of its own. lets bring in our panel. mercedes schlapp, a.b. stoddard, charles krauthammer. mercedes, you hear the president. i think a lot of people get focused on the day-to-day. you have some big things happening. one is the obamacare replacement which is expected at the beginning of march and the tax reform rollout that at some point is going to be coordinated probably also within the month of march. >> congress has been trying to move forward on obamacare first. they are trying to fig...

Falling apart. at the time to come up with a replacement is now. >> we have to do obamacare first and our first budget. the reason is that insurance companies need to know what it will look like in 2018. if we wait until the summer, you have so many pullouts. we feel that the laws collapsin collapsing, that is why obamacare first. in the second budget, which you need a budget to do tax reform, the spring budget is when we do tax reform. we pass our budget, he gives of the ability to go right to ...