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Democratically filibuster you didnt have the majority needed to pass the cr. >> all the more reason is not this on republicans in white house the control of house and senate. >> majority got majority light on one defensibility we face. >> because of democrats -- >> you got a majority you didnt get 60 votes. >> the point do you not have your own house in order you only have 46 republicans. >> if you had nine, 10, 12 where are the democrats chris who say back home they want to work in a bipartisan...

Giving out thousand dollar bonuses after tax reform was passed. fifth third bank corp raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour. thats well and good. the question is will this mean meaningful hiring for these companies in the long term? >> right. >> will it? >> i dont want to poo-poo anything any company does to benefit workers, i think thats great, but i do see these as more like token gestures. what i would have loved to have seen in the tax program is more of a quid pro quo written in, if you...

Shrinking, when our infrastructure is falling apart, when young people cant afford to go to college and are leaving school deeply in debt, when 28 million people have no health insurance, does anyone really think that the major crisis facing this country is the need to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the very richest people in this country? >> a center piece of this tax bill is a significant reduction in the corporate tax rate. is it not true that lowering corporate tax rat...

Is shrinking, when our inf infrastructure is falling apart, does anyone really think that the major crisis facing this country is to give hundreds of millions of dollars of tax breaks for the richest people in the country? >> this is a significant reduction in the corporate tax rate. is it not true that lowering corporate tax rates would encourage companies to set up shop here in the united states and discourage -- >> its not true. first of all the republicans are not telling the truth about the...

Committee of foreign affairs and is a member of the house freedom caucus. good to see you. >> good morning. >> he also voted in favor of the tax reform bill. >> i did. >> okay, so why did you vote yes? >> well, you know, weve had over 30 years before weve had major tax reform or tax cuts and this is something we needed to do to simplify our tax code, to put more money in the american peoples pocket. in addition to stimulate our economy through the business growth -- >> but thats the sell, but ju...

>> brian: before we go, it wouldnt be 10:58 if we werent talking about my upcoming book. it drops on the 24th. preorder ony amazon and i think youre really going to like it. tomorrow on "fox & friends," if my rundown is correct, we are going to be featuring elizabeth mcmahon.frfr small business administration. why is that important? we have a new tax program and its going to affect small business, as according to the president. i want you to go to my radio show which starts at 9:00 and goes unti...

>> brian: before ago, it wouldnt be 10:58 if we werent talking about my upcoming book. it dropped on the 24th. preorder on amazon and i think youre really going to like it. tomorrow on "fox & friends," if my rundown is correct, we are going to be featuring elizabeth mcmahon. small business administration. we have a new tax program and its going to affect small business, as according to the president. i want you to go to my radio show which starts at 9:00 and goes until noon unless something chan...

People who own stocks, fabulous. people who have a lot of income who plan to benefit or corporations or corporate executives who plan to benefit from the presidents proposed tax program that gary cohn is sticking around for to implement, who does that benefit? >> but maybe it is a big win for trump though. if president trump is never going to lose his base and suddenly youve got people who didnt vote for him but at this point theyre going wow, look at my stock portfolio, ill turn the news off. >...

>> you know, the corporate tax rate probably should come down a little bit for international competitiveness but heres the problem. when trump says he wants a 15% tax cut, a tax rate for corporations, the biggest corporations on earth, right here in america, are already paying lower than that. their effective tax rate is lower than that. what about the small businesses? the small businesses that actually drive innovation that grow jobs, that improve our small communities. theyre the ones bringin...

Puerto rico and a doomed health care bill. >> he wants to fire up his base and this is the way to do it. puerto rico which is suffering unprecedented damage, he didnt know how to get assistance down there or wasnt concerned about it. the health care bill stalled in congress for a fourth time. he isnt sure how to get his tax program through or his budget. he isnt sure about north korea. so he picks what he sees as an easy target collin kaepernick, and decides to attack him. he does what this pres...