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18 counts, what they will do is theyll say that its a witch hunt. they will make up something about judge ellis. theyll make up something about the prosecution. it has nothing to do with russia or the president because thats what the president will tweet to them. >> i think thats why judge ellis has done a bit of a disservice here by not sequestering the jury. i would be much more interested in this trial if i had a sense that it was truly being a fair and impartial situation. >> but its as slop...

Back at the tax cuts that went into effect. you and speaker ryan and others were promoting the growth that has happened since. did this rob you of that? >> well, look, the attention is here. no doubt about it. back home the attention is all on the economy. six months, its hard to find an economic measure that isnt better significantly now than it was before tax reform. the big news today is manufacturers, they used to be the most pessimistic about the future. now they have the highest optimism a...

Credit. and we are going to be with kevin and the entire group. were going to be submitting additional tax codes sometime prior to november. its going to be something very special. you see what its done to the country. it is t going to be something very, very special. and by the way, nancy pelosi and the group, you heard her the other day. she wants to raise your taxes. they want to get rid of the taxw cut bill and raise your taxes. somehow i dont think that plays well, but you never know, right...

Reigning in the abuses of it you know, we ought to be looking at tax savings and, excuse me, on spending savings. i think, every day. >> bret: do you think anything else big, legislatively, is going to happen before the mid terms? >> so i think the redesign and reigning in the irs is one that could go to the presidents desk. i think its important for us now that were armed with one of the best tax codes on the planet, we need more customers, so i think a new modern nafta by the end of the year i...

Us. so g.o.p. senators i understand say the president has directed his top economic officials to look into joining the tpp which 11 other specific nations signed in march. is is in reaction to how the stock market has reacted to the president? >> i think it could be but heres the main reason. america is back. we now have one of the most competitive tax codes in the world. what we need are more customers. so the asia-pacific region has got a lot of them. half of all the middle-class customers in ...

Texas republican congressman, the chairmans of the ways and means, kevin brady. were getting different reports from different folks that sympathize with the steel ceos and their problems. for example, the business roundtable is aghast at this saying strongly they disagree with the announce meant because it was hurt the u.s. economy and the consumers by raising prices. speaker paul ryans office feeling the same way that the president will consider the unintended consequences of this idea and make...

And -- so this type of nonsense doesnt make any sense whatsoever for the good government. its just a tax loop hole that youre trying to get around. unfortunately, they have set it up this way. the tax codes are so complicated that theyre all sorts of these things going on, jon. >> yeah, even cpas in the business of knowing the tax law, theyre scratching their heads trying to figure out what is deductible and what isnt. >> have you ever talked to don rumsfeld on this? he writes an idea to the irs...

States facing re-election. montana, north dakota, wisconsin, michigan, missouri and others. let me train my attention on montana here for a minute. you highlighted earlier today a pair of editorials. one in maine and one in montana. by senators from those two states. sort of defending their votes for the tax legislation. what did these two senators have to say? >> it varies by state but what youre seeing broadly are republican senators trying to get ahead of the tax bill. the impact that most pe...

Credit or lower taxes for small businesses. quickly like this but the dream of an economic boom never materialized the watchdog job center is not as busy as it was a few years ago but thats not due to the tax reform. where there wasnt anything that drastic change the economy is recovering so we know that thats part of it is just the natural recovery from the recession instead of a strong recovery kansas saw an impressive growth and massive budget deficits as its tax base disappeared funding for ...

More from phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> today is the day. republicans say they have the votes in the house and the senate and now they are going to take that vote. now caveat here, nothing is ever done until its actually done. but the house is expected to vote tuesday afternoon. the senate is expected to follow suit a short time later. as soon as they get the bill and their debate and with the goal of bringing the tax reform bill to president trumps desk by wednesday for a signing ceremony....