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Have right now fits very closely together. its not something where they have a lot of space to give money here or give a provision here. because of that fact, these senators are that hanging out right now with concerns, those concerns could be very problematic going forward. i think what everybody needs to keep an eye on at least according to republican officials ive spoken to in both chambers is will they start inching towards the proposal in the next couple of weeks? thats the key timeline. by...

Making sure we know they have their back. a lot of houses as well on this. thats reflective with the house republicans. there is unity. of course as we have been talking about. >> i want to give a little bit more of phils reporting. he was told that the president repeatedly told members that they have to sell the plan as the biggest tax cut in history. trumpian basically. he told members that this was a key line that they needed to remember. >> this is the cut cut cut bill. above marketing and t...

Make more of whats yours. >> as we see, president trump has just wrapped up a meeting on capitol hill ahead of a crucial must pass bill for republicans in the house tax reform. i want to bring in phil matingly. whats the latest? it sounds like they might be voting soon. >> in a matter of minutes. about 20 minutes is what they are expecting. the best distribution i got of where things stand in the house is from a member. i texted him and said what are you expecting? he said two words. no dram a. ...

Process. a big with a lot of significant hurdles and problems bubbling up about what will happen in the next steps. dana? >> phil, no drama. im not going to put you on the spot, but do you have any sense that right now it just seems from your sources that they are not expecting anything last minute. sometimes that happens as members are heading to the floor and it looks like we are minutes away from that. >> look. they have this one pretty set. the house ways and means chairman felt like they ha...

You might have a problem with individual provision or even a couple. overall, this bill is a winner. their ability, wolf, to be able to convey that message and convince their members with that message will determine whether or not it passes the house next week, but also the senate in a couple weeks and if gop lead verse their way, by christmas, congress all itself, wolf. >> yeah, a lots at stake for the politicians. enormous amount at stake for the american people right now with these potential ...

>> that was an excellent interview by phil. one of the really smart questions that he asked was can you guarantee this will not end up becoming just a cuts bill? this will be a critical issue. one person in washington who doesnt mind, one republican who doesnt mind if it ends up becoming a cuts, cuts, cuts bill. he wanted to name this bill a cut cut cut bill and they didnt go with that name unfortunately. we would have had a lot of fun with that. he does not have ideological beliefs. did not com...

In the form of a tremendous tax cut. it will be the biggest cut in the history of our country. >> and were back with the politics lead. president trump today pushing his tax cut and without one major legislative victory under their belts, president trump and republicans might need this gift to come through. house republicans on the fast track to make this happen unveiled their plan today, leaders say they want legislation passed by thanksgiving. thats three weeks from today. if that tax bill doe...

The house floor after that. the senate will be moving it concurrently on that week and as you noted, they want this done, at least from each chamber, by thanksgiving, signed into law by christmas. thats speed that you just simply cant imagine for major legislation like this, but why are they moving it this quickly? one senior gop aid put it like this, the longer we leave this out there, its just going to get whacked, well get whacked. they understand. this is complicated. this is rief with poten...

Their shift. and the tennessee senator didnt stop there. corker got on the phone with "the new york times" and unleashed on the president, saying he is treating his office like a reality show and that his reckless threats could set the nation on a path to world war iii. oh, and corkers office also tells us that the president has facts mixeded up. they say that the president was the one who called corker asking him to reconsider his retirement, assuring the senator that hed endorse him. lets get ...

You if you needed him to. she was a hard-working supermom. four children, including a six week old baby. just a few of these 58 innocent lives senselessly slaughtered that day. and now some people are looking for answers what could have prevented this gunman from taking so many lives. if anything. republican office holders typically resist measures to further regulate any gun ownership, but apparently hearing the rapid fire from mandalay bay and seeing how this was carried out has many republi...