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Its not just that this case has gone on, kennedy, its been in this Suspended Animation for quite some time. Yeah. Its like having a baby and being eight days overdue. You just dont know when youre going to give birth. I think its more painful than that. The menendez trial. Perhaps it is. Interestingly the map in the senate is up for grabs in two ways. You have a fraud trial. Theres a sitting republican governor that doesnt have very long until he leaves office. But you also have the case in alab...

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What they got. what they won was this increase in the salt thing. without putting too fine a point on it, that is a gave away to rich democrats in new jersey and new york and california. now, that may be taken out of build back better by bernie sanders when it gets to the senate. if he takes it out, he is taking the moderates away. he pulled the rug out from under the moderates because they are standing on salt being increased for the benefit of their constituents. they could go down to defeat. ...

General colin powells funeral is less than 45 minutes away and he and the first lady have to be there. i dont know if he can get democrats to go with him at this time. >> joe manchin is not paying attention thats key. the problem solvers caucus that consists of a lot of moderates. they wanted to get the 1.2 passed first, the bipartisan bill with 69 senate votes. they caved on that in exchange for promise me youll vote by september. everything that they stood for they kept moving the barriers but...

Fence, john mccain plays a key role saying he will vote for it. the other allowances for the trigger tax, i dont think that will go anywhere but its out there. theres other allowances being made to hike the corporate tax from the 20% to 21 or 22% to buy votes elsewhere. what do you think of the process? >> the process has been more transparent than obamacare repeal. republicans understand just how important this is. this is do-or-die for them. you only have a couple of small margins for error. s...

And negotiating over. it is a fight when you consider the sticking points are a yes or no type thing. you can massage state and local taxes. if its a yes or no on obamacare mandate, if its a yes or no whether you have salt deductions, its not a massaging. theyre deal breakers for some. >> its a huge deal. theoretically if youre a reason, you cant allow these cities to have these huge budgets like new york city where theyre wasting money hand over fist. theyre spending 25% more over de blasio tha...

Not sure what were going to do with the salt thing, the state and local tax initiative. a lot of questions and its fast-tracked to nowhere. >> i dont know that its fast-tracked to nowhere. but you said we dont know much about this. we dont know anything about this. were going to find out november 1 when kevin brady, the chairman of the house ways and means committee, the tax-writing committee in the house reveals it. thats the first time we get a plan that indicates how the rates will be cut, wh...

Undertaking. >> trace: just for clarity, he says salt. that means state and local taxes. when you talk about new york and california and illinois, new jersey, very high tax states, that would hurt a lot of people. you have people on your side of the aisle saying listen, if youre against this whole salt thing, you have to stand up and say so. if youre a congressman in these states a senator in california, new jersey, illinois, maybe you shouldnt vote for this. >> exactly. i couldnt have said it b...