Why rob portman is hopeful. Mick mulvaney is warning. And steny hoyer is fighting mad. Theyre all here and only here. We begin with blake burman with the latest. Blake . Its clear here in the halls of the capitol as House Republicans mark up their bill and the senate will release their bill later this week. Theres a host of issues to work through. Earlier today, the club for growth, an influential Republican Group put out a note saying they have issues with four Different Things on the individual side of this House Republican plan. Here they are. Top tax bracket for millionaires with the possibility that those that make in the low Million Dollar range can see the top end taxed north of 45 . They take issue with a portion of passthrough profits would be taxed 25 . Growth. You had big deficits. It wasnt tax cuts that did it. Cuts create growth and growth creates revenues neil but you left out Ronald Reagan. I know. Deficits didnt grow with him. The first two years were high because we ph
general, thank you very much. very good seeing you. thank you, neil. neil: we re getting sad confirmation of some news in the baseball world. authorities are confirming that major league baseball pitcher roy halladay has died in a small plane crash in the gulf of mexico off of the coast of florida. the sheriff s office marine unit responding to a downed plane. no survivors. he retired in 2013 after 12 seasons with the toronto blue jays followed by four with the philadelphia phillies. he was the only victim. so presumably the only one on the plane. sounds almost like a thurmond munson type of situation. more after this.