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He was the wrath of god. you ran the best clip of the four hours of his testimony. he condemned the whole process, including senators by name. and then when he was asked what senators thought of professor hills allegations and performance, he said i dont know. i didnt watch it. you could hear a pin drop. you didnt watch it? no. its garbage. why would i waste my time watching it. i blew everybody away. it changed some of the winds in his direction. im not suggesting that judge kavanaugh not watch...

Championed the open process the tax bill went through. sure, they went through an open process. only if you define open by one party negotiating behind closed doors having one markup with only one expert witness while voting down every single amendment proposed by democrats. if any one believes that this was an open process h then, then i have a bridge back in my hometown to sell you. then he tells us this was passed to get jobs and put more money in the pockets of men and women. well if you bel...

The tax bill caps the state and local tax deduction at $10,000. so if you prepay this years property taxes, you can deduct them under the old rules for 2017. but, remember, real estate taxes are at the local level. and each jurisdiction is different. even just calling around this morning to different tax offices you are going to get different rules for different municipalities. so check with your local office to see if you can pay right now and check with your accountant. also, defer any income ...

To work through. like i said, individual senators are trying to do their best to make this the best possible bill in the long run and now we are ore working with our house colleagues to accomplish that. its been in my view at least a long, transparent, open process where everybody has had a an opportunity to be heard, offer amendments, debate the amendments and vote on them and now its time to close it out. >> sandra: the president himself has reached out to congressional leaders checking on the...

Reelection in 2018. do you think hes somebody who might actually be willing to vote for tax reform? >> i dont know. youd have to talk to senator casey. look, i hope that we have bipartisan support. i dont know why our democratic colleagues would vote against a measure that lowers the tax burden on hard working families and makes our economy grow faster and more competitive. i think they should be with us. so far they have not shown any real interest in working with us. but the process is just be...

Loophole. >> thank you very much. good analysis. lets get some more now joining republican. thanks so much for joining us. >> tlangs for having me. >> do you support the tax plan that the president released today? >> i like the direction of the plan. will is going to be a lot of debate ap amendments through open process. so i look forward to supporting a tax package for the american people that benefits working families across this country. >> but do you support this plan, this specific plan the...

Republican senators have advocated and voted for this in the past. well see what happens. >> and do you believe the motion simply to start the debate -- you have the 50 votes you need to at least begin the process? >> i think so. and if the clean repeal doesnt pass, and if the senate leadership plan doesnt pass, then i think we begin the process of voting on variations of smaller ideas and see how many ideas we can come to agreement on. this is something ive been talking about for nearly a year ...

The president. do you agree that the president shouldnt be, you know, slamming his attorney general in public the way he is in that interview with the "new york times" and as far as the tweets are concerned? >> you know, i think the president has his own unique way of going about things that nobody everybody else would choose those methods but i do think that the president is, in some ways, justified in being upset that the attorney general has left him open to this whole idea of some kind of sp...

On this. seven senators vote you couldnt count on. senator mccain coming back after a very dire diagnose, quite beloved by people on both sides of the aisle to cast a vote in favor of the motion to proceed puts other senators over the line, too, to debate. >> he this the full process open hearings and go forward with a big debate, not necessarily just try to ram it -- didnt he make a statement along those lines? >> he did. im with susan. i cant imagine he comes back from arizona to vote against ...

Thats laden with pork is going to fail. i think the clean repeal has a chance but it may also fail. but then i think the process actually gets to what ive been advocating for a long time at that point. we begin constructing the bill from a very small nucleus of ideas that we all agree on. i think we have nearly unanimous agreement on getting rid of the individual mandate, getting rid of the employer mandate. repealing some of the taxes. i think theres even some agreement on medicare expansion gr...