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2018? >> it is kind of amazing that this is what theyve come up with. you know, theyve been saying for seven years they want to repeal and replace obamacare, but until now, we had never seen how they would do it. and thats because they havent been able to agree amongst themselves. thats been kind of the dirty little secret all along, is the only thing they all agreed on is they wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. when you actually get down to doing it, you discover that the republic chance h...

>> it is kind of amazing that this is what theyve come up with. you know, theyve been saying for seven years they want to repeal and replace obamacare, but until now, we had never seen how they would do it. and thats because they havent been able to agree amongst themselves. thats been kind of the dirty little secret all along, is the only thing they all agreed on is they wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. when you actually get down to doing it, you discover that the republicans have just a...

Republican senator susan collins said she would vote against the bill in a crucial test vote. and after the nonpartisan congressional budget office released its highly anticipated analysis of the bill, which finds if this bill passed, 22 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 compared to current law. that includes 15 million more people just next year, including 4 million with employment sponsored insurance. average premiums in the individual market would spike in the nexts couple years....

Anyone recalls anything from the aca, when you talk about scott brown, that was in november, you talk about those angry speeches that happened on the floor about the process, those were in january, february, march. a year in. i mean, have you ever seen legislation of this magnitude on this subject year undertake this trajectory process wise ever? >> no, never. ive stood out -- ive saw a lot of closed meetings in the capitol and office buildings but never seen a bill done this way. ive never seen...

Subsequent victory, in areas where maybe ideologically it wasnt as much as a slam dunk in terms of the obamacare, the way they were able to win is by getting the votes of independents on the process ground. the idea that -- >> right. >> -- it was, you know, scott brown was able to win in a state that obama had carried by 26 points a little over a year earlier in early 2010 and a lot of the focus was the idea of the sort of washington behind closed door backroom dealing. >> right. >> theyd be abl...

The process, those were in january, february, march. a year in. i mean, have you ever seen legislation of this magnitude on this subject year undertake this trajectory process wise ever? >> no, never. ive stood out -- ive saw a lot of closed meetings in the capitol and office buildings but never seen a bill done this way. ive never seen a bill that actually creates more losers than winners. often you get bills that create winners and losers but this really is a bill that helps far fewer people t...

>> well, theres a lot of strange things up here in this swamp, let me assure you. >> people are watching, theyre saying to themselves, look, obviously you feel strongly that the affordable care acts a bad deal for americans, there are lots of people who feel that way on capitol hill. you know, you show the cards. you have markups, hearings, say this is legislation were going to produce, you go out, make the argument. that process has been so lacking on the senate side, it leaves a lot of people ...

Where maybe ideologically it wasnt as much as a slam dunk in terms of the obamacare, the way they were able to win is by getting the votes of independents on the process ground. the idea that -- >> right. >> -- it was, you know, scott brown was able to win in a state that obama had carried by 26 points a little over a year earlier in early 2010 and a lot of the focus was the idea of the sort of washington behind closed door backroom dealing. >> right. >> theyd be able to kind of say, of course, ...

Discussed why, many experts say it was not a good idea. >> remind people what was in the letter. >> the october letter said e-mails were discovered and would be reviewed regarding the investigation of hillary clinton. republicans at the time seized on it as information the investigation was reopened. we know it was not formally reopened and ultimately found no wrongdoing was done. there was a rush process to do that ee mail review. that october 28 letter is the heart of page 2 of deputy attorney...

Collapse and leave everybody without affordable health care. we are doing a act of mercy by repealing this law and replacing it with patient centered health care reforms that we as republicans have been arguing for and fighting for years. >> hard to watch. the members of the freedom caucus spoke out what they branded as obamacare light. senator mike lee joined in saying, quote, this is exactly the type of back room dealing and rush process that we criticized democrats for and mo brooks of alabam...