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Correct. there has to be a balance. >> she gets it. >> one thing i dont think has been sufficiently appreciate side that the democrats expended an enormous amount of political capital to pass obamacare. it took 13 months to craft the law. president obama talked about it incessantly and mocked by republicans for pounding away at it. democrats lost 63 seats in congress and six seats in the senate. i dont know if republicans were mentally prepared if they cared about it so much to expend that kind ...

This is no longer a hundred-day priority. >> the president has things he wants to accomplish and hes not going to wait for congress to sit around and do the right thing. when it breaks and chuck, its going to break, they will come back to us and ask us to take it up again. >> i will leave it there. as tax reform gets under way ill see you there again soon. mick mulvaney, thanks for coming on. appreciate it. it was tanked by a revolt in the house, but it was facing steep opposition in the senat...

Obamacare is the time share that the democrats bought that they cannot admit the cost of, that they keep telling themselves was a good idea. it is in a death spiral. joy and i have had many disagreements about that. >> its not the definition of an economic death spiral? >> its not the definition. >> well point out the president of aetna and you will lose coverage and thats a death spiral. joy disagrees and i know she wants to jump in here. >> i appreciate her reticence. >> we know aetna lied and...

Skills that he promised would break through gridlock in washington. >> if you cant make a good deal with a politician then theres something wrong with you. youre certainly not very good. >> and it damages the reputation of house speaker paul ryan. the self-described policy wonk that republicans drafted to push through conservative legislation, and it raises questions about the partys overall ability to govern. >> we were a ten-year opposition party where being against things was easy to do. >> q...

It. this bill didnt pass because it didnt deal with the most fundamental flaw in obamacare. the part of obamacare that has made health care unacceptable and unaffordable. until we get a bill that actually brings down the cost of health care for hardworking americans were not going to get something that passes. >> congressman dent, do you pin the blame? some people pin the blame on the moderates, it wasnt just the freedom caucus and the moderates helped tank this, too. what say you? >> well, i te...

Close. >> for seven years its been the promise that united republicans repeated over and over again on the campaign trail by donald trump. >> the first thing were going to do is repeal and replace obamacare. >> immediately repealing and replacing obamacare. >> immediately, repealing and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. >> but on friday, house republicans, facing a revolt by more than 30 conservatives and modz rats pulled their bill to repeal and replace obamacare from the floor, leavin...

Think hes been saying, gosh, its harder. i think hes trying to tell his conference. >> yes. >> governing is different than being in the pop sessiooppositi. its much harder. >> the bottom line at the end of this week is health care is 18% of our economy. it affects everyone in america in one form or another and this is not just a political game. this is not monopoly. theyve got to find a way to get this settled and in the reagan administration they put together pat moynihan and alan greenspan and...

Trumps young presidency in the span of just five days, mr. trumps credentiality with voters and his clout for congress were dealt big blows. mr. comey is investigating possible links between the trump campaign and the russian government. by friday, house republicans had to pull the bill to repeal and replace obamacare, an embarrassing acknowledge that they didnt have the votes despite full control of the senate and the white house. in a short time in office, the presidents travel ban has been bl...

Theres widespread recognition that the federal government, congress has create the right for every american to have health care. essentially, senator lee, he is saying the debates over about whether government should be involved with this or not and now its time to design a law that acknowledges this right, that people have a right to health care and the governments got to figure out how to do it for them. do you concur with that? >> in so far as hes talking about a federal right, rights are thi...

Thanking republicans to replace the affordable care act. it seemed to be a victory lap for a non-existent win. she came out against the plan. she was a "no" on this, and it was interesting where they were nervous. it was des moines, it was darryl issa was in there and you had identified those folks. >> she brusted her own bracket is the way you look at it. >> but i dont know if anybody had a worse friday than paul ryan. i asked paul ryan about his bracket pick last week when i interviewed him an...