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Where republicans were saying democrats will lose your house seats if you pass this bill and of course the democrats were devastated in the 2010 mid-term elections. but, look, the scoring of this is going to come. there will be a score before the final vote. this has to go through the house, then senate and another vote in the house and senate to pass the final bill. but i think, i want to make one point that hasnt been made which is really whats at stake is complete conflict divisions between t...

Political commentator david axelrod. david, your reaction to the house of representatives passing a bill that to a degree begins the process of repealing and replacing obamacare. >> you know normally jake when you cast a vote like this you want to feel like the vote wasnt in vain and the law will go on to the senate and be signed by the president. in this case if i cast a vote for this i might be hoping that the senate changes it dramatically or it never comes back to the house and it doesnt bec...

Need. 217 right now to 213. >> the ayes or 217, the nays are 213. the unfinished business is a vote on the motion from the gentleman from california mr. rice to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1644 as amended on which the ayes and nays ordered. >> h.r. 1644 with respect to transactions related to north korea. >> threw have it. going to other business on the floor of the house. members will be going into recess fairly soon. dana bash youre up on the hill. getting immediate reaction. they expected...

Right now the pressure on those nine republicans is immense. i suspect that all the nine are from the 22 or 23 seats that republicans have, the congressional seat, hillary clinton won the presidential race. oh, my god one vote away. the pressure on those five republicans one of them has to walk the plank. lets listen in. >> 216. 216 votes. >> they can still change their minds. right now 216 number has been achieved. the republicans will declare victory at this stage. the president just tweeted b...

On it and they said no they wanted to get rid of it. one last thing, jake its so interesting that the title of this law is the affordable care act and thats where it has broken down where i live in virginia. we are losing our insurance companies, our costs are going through the roof and thats something thats been left out of the discussion is people are going to lose their insurance and drop their insurance if their insurance costs keep going up by thousands of dollars a year. >> gentlemen thank...

Because insurance is pulling out like iowa, virginia, tennessee and others, one-third of this country only has one choice. thats a monopoly. well provide greater choice, greater options, provide them a tax credit to select instead of government telling them what they can and cannot have. >> are you confident the senate will pass something so your members didnt just take a vote that will be in vein? >> im confident we just made a vote to lower premiums, give people greater choice and stop this de...

Hill. while critics get ready for a huge rally on the steps outside of the building. welcome, everybody, to a brand new hour of "americas newsroom." nobody sitting in the seats quite yet. they are expected to roll in a moment. im martha maccallum. bill: looked like the soviet-era for a moment. house marching closer to resolution of disapproval with a final vote expected by end of this week. house foreign affairs looking at i am my places of the -- implications of accord at what could be most imp...

This reconciliation bill. 184, no. the magic number is 216. as we watch this roll call, 193, john, you started a brand-new program, "john king: usa" tomorrow night. youll have something to talk about. >> ill have a lot to talk about. this is a fascinating and very significant policy vote, and we should focus on what it does for the american people, what it does for the insurance system, what it does for government reach and power in washington. because republicans are right when they say it does...

Critically, critically consequential political and, yes, policy vote. a promise that they say that they are going to have kept. nine term of the politics of this, dana, obviously, the 22, 23 republicans who are from congressional districts that hillary clinton won, they no doubt will be nervous to a degree about the effect of this. republicans, republican consultants, reince priebus, white house chief of staff, president trump, et cetera, they are very focused on the republican base voters and t...

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