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>> i think david is right. there will be a mall gum of issues, and this wont be the only one. but this will be if you look at the first two years of donald trumps presidency, this will be the one that will be most hotly debated between both sides. both sides think they have a winner. i would say right now democrats have to feel better because the perception of the bill on the day donald trump signs it, whether its tomorrow, or friday or saturday, is negative. twice as many people oppose the bill...

Couple months ago nobody thought they could reach. >> phil mattingly on capitol hill, appreciate all the hours on recent days. lets bring the conversation into the room. youre watching history. whether you like it, support it, arent sure about it, republicans are about to send a big tax cut bill to the president. carl, let me bring you in, you spent a lot of time on capitol hill. there are people like paul ryan -- >> i saw the last tax cut. >> you saw the last tax cut. so this is a historic mo...

Side, the president will likely take a big hit. but on the business side he could benefit. but the biggest focus for this white house has been to make sure all americans are better off today after this tax package passed then they were beforehand. we really focused on invigorating the middle class and making sure they got more of their hard earned money and we think this will happen in this package. >> sarah, you said the focus is on the middle class. why was one of the last provisions put in lo...

Examples. when i added it up for my district, i had too many people who would be paying for and i had to oppose it. >> one of the things when weve been interviewing architects of the bill and people who support it, they say most americans take the standard deduction and theyre getting a better result as a result of the bill. really itemizing is for the rich. apparently, that doesnt match up with what you say about your constituents. >> well, about half of my constituents itemize. middle income f...

In the business side it slashes corporate rate from 35% to 20%. cuts taxes on small business income to 25%, eliminates sending jobs overseas and repeals death tax. its so good it told laura ingraham that it may get democrats to support it. >> its an honor to work with fellow republicans. i think we are actually going to have some democrat support. i think its going to be very hard for them not the support it. >> but democrats waste nod time blasting it. >> this is a shell game, poncy scheme that...

Care are hurting american families and she joins me now. senator, let me start with the deal or tentative deal announced by alexander and murray. ive seen general enthusiasm from democrats. john mccain tweeted in support. do you support it? >> i do support it. most importantly, it undouse -- undoes a lot of the sabotage the president has freed to wreak on our health care system. from everything ive seen it looks good. >> do you have any faith or confidence that mcconnell will move this through, ...

From democrats. john mccain tweeted in support. do you support it? >> i do support it. most importantly, it undouse du -- undoes a lot of the sabotage the president has freed to wreak on our health care system. from everything ive seen it looks good. >> do you have any faith or confidence that mcconnell will move this through, the president would sign it, that you could possibly ameliorate the sabotage as you called it from the white house? >> i certainly hope so. you know, senator mcconnell im ...

There was a talk that the republican party were finally going to help see into law reform of our nations royally screwed up immigration system. the writing was on the wall after losing the presidency again after losing seats in the house and the senate. the republican party had to get right with latino voters and the way it was going to do it was by supporting immigration reform finally. it is really not clear that enough republicans do support it that its going to pass. jefferson be regard sess...

Support it. is this bill dead on arrival? >> if they stick to their guns, it is. they cant afford to lose anymore. theyre going to need mike pence, the vice president to cast the deciding vote. i think one of the interesting things is the house bill of course died the first time and then they had all these amendments and they basically were able to pass it in the house. now the question is this going to happen again in the senate? theyre not going to be ibl to fix it through the amendment proces...

Covering people and in slowing the growth rate of health care costs. health care costs, yes, they have gone up. they always go up. but they have grown more slowly since obamacare than any time in our nations history. premiums -- >> jonathan has something of a point there. obamacare wasnt popular when it passed but its popular now. a majority of people do support it, people who have that health care. they may not have been able to keep their doctor as they were promised at the time but the opposi...