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Bill. >> well, they will. and i think theyre teeing up the midterm elections as a referendum on repeal. thats where the republicans are going. i dont personally think thats a very shrewd political strategy for the republicans, because when somethings been passed and you say to people, look, if you lose your job under this under bill youre not going to have to worry about losing health insurance. then the republicans come on tv and say, we want to repeal that. we want you to worry if you lose you...

I didnt hear senator hatch complaining about that. two of those involve president bushs tax cuts which added $1.7 trillion to our deficit. now, if that isnt significant policy change i dont know what is. there was no complaint about that. so with senator hatch saying its okay to use reconciliation to pass tax cuts for the wealthy, but its just terrible to use it if youre going to extend health care coverage, i say lets not talk about a phony process argument, lets talk about the problems people ...

>> talking about bipartisanship -- >> picked up one or two democrats. >> you cannot ignore the fact were talking about the first time in history sweeping social legislation will be passed if they get their way, by a totally partisan vote. one-sixth of the american economy. if we do that katie bar the door. i got to tell you. >> its the republican party were not sitting there being obstructionist, what senator hatch is saying is if republicans unite and say we wont vote for this, and you need bip...

>> picked up one or two democrats. >> you cannot ignore the fact were talking about the first time in history sweeping social legislation will be passed if they get their way, by a totally partisan vote. one-sixth of the american economy. if we do that katie bar the door. i got to tell you. >> its the republican party were not sitting there being obstructionist, what senator hatch is saying is if republicans unite and say we wont vote for this, and you need bipartisanship he is saying democrats ...

Votes. five of those were done by republican senates. i didnt hear senator hatch complaining about that. two of those involve president bushs tax cuts which added $1.7 trillion to our deficit. now, if that isnt significant policy change i dont know what is. there was no complaint about that. so with senator hatch saying its okay to use reconciliation to pass tax cuts for the wealthy, but its just terrible to use it if youre going to extend health care coverage, i say lets not talk about a phony ...

Republicans unite and say we wont vote for this, and you need bipartisanship he is saying democrats cant govern. if $1.7 trillion in cuts isnt significant. >> rich lowry, the question is whether this amounts to petty politics on either side, depending on your point of view, or whether this is a leadership issue. >> a process argument like these are always festivals of partisan hypocrisy is. no one is concerned with the rights of the minority unless they are in the minority. some of those pundits...

Say lets not talk about a phony process argument, lets talk about the problems people have with health care. >> they were -- they had bipartisan votes. in two of them, in 1993, clintons bill, yeah, they got reconciliation on purely partisan vote but congress changed to republican. the republicans did the same thing and i think it was 2005, got a bill through just on a partisan vote and it changed to democrat. the fact of the matter is you -- >> talking about bipartisanship -- >> picked up one or...

Is somehow legitimate and thwarts the will of the people? >> well, savannah, first of all, what well say is that were talking about a simple majority vote. thats what reconciliation is and it can only be done for budget elements. but more importantly, what well say is, look, no matter how hard we tried, no matter how hard the president tried, republicans just werent serious about solving the problems of millions of americans who get denied health insurance because they have a pre-existing condit...

If democrats win, they will by the beginning of 2019 begin articles of impeachment. they cant resist their base. >> do you think the evidence will make them feel they can do it. >> i dont think the evidence matters. i think it is hatred towards donald trump and all the things that come up. i remember when boehner was trying to avoid setting up a benghazi investigation. once the media and the members ginned up about it how do you go to a town hall and explain well its not that bad. >> cornell sig...

Into this and found that there were -- during the campaign, or at least during the trump campaign and russians. there were 31 intersections and 19 known meetings. its a slow trickle, and the process argument i think is something -- you know, grisz for the mill. its neither here nor there. there are a lot of questions that kushner and others have to answer for. >> april, with the heat on kushner and now hope hicks that speaks to robert mueller. what does this say about where these investigations ...