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Because susan collins voted against repeal and replace of obamacare but voted in favor of the tax cuts in part because she got this promise. >> right. she also was one of the republicans who was not at that ceremony there, was not at the pep rally. >> at the white house. >> exactly. im not sure if it was related to this, but it certainly seemed obvious she was not there. look, i think the republicans have been reluctant to say that repealing obamacare the mandate was part of this. the president ...

>> katie: spending side of this, too, is a big question. the white house and congress republicans in congress are banking on the economic growth that they claim is going to come out of this. now, they are saying 3%. the president has said as much as 6%, 7%. we will see where it flies. >> harris: bring our attention back to what is playing on the left of the screen. i love listening to you guys though. this is great conversation. i look forward to going into the new year with more of this because...

Conversation. three or four days on the list. some of this might be in january. thats part of the calculation. disaster relief which is billions and billions meaning the dreamers and funding the childrens health care program. they promised susan colins to take the individual mandate out. she wants things done. you have been spending much of your time on capitol hill. every one of those things can be a third rail and send something in. i will stop my language right there. what next. >> there are ...

>> you said it. lets stay on capitol hill for a moment where the tax bill is being hashed out between the house and senate. ink is not even dry. already seeing the gop focus on something beyond the tax bill. were talking about entitlement. i want you to listen to paul ryan. >> frankly, its the health care entitlement ms that are the big drivers of our debt. and welfare reform. we have a system thats basically trapping people in poverty and effectively paying people not to work. >> then bernie sa...

>> in terms of the potential sacking of robert mueller, its not jufst sacking. they have been urging him for months not to go ahead with anything like that because of the political firestorm and potential armageddon that can follow. even someone like steve bannon, they talk on the phone and he no longer works with the west wing. he never said order the firing of the guy. >> president trump is getting ready to touch a third rail of diplomacy. the location of the u.s. embassy in israel. will he go...

>> he sees himself in roy moore, he does not see himself in mitch mcconnell. he does not see himself in jeff flake. it he does not see himself in any of the republican senators from the south that you just named, in sessions. he sees himself in roy moore, a whack job accused of being a sexual predator. >> and he sees himself as a renegade and he sees roy moore as a renegade, what he doesnt recognize, and he doesnt care, frankly is the long-term damage that thats going to do to the republican par...

Corporate tax cuts. remember in the senate plan, theyre delay a year. in the house plan theyre immediate. this provides the cash to do that. the flip side, a lot of republican senators feel that it comes at a bad time and re-visits the third rail issue of controversies that republicans will just as soon avoid and could raise taxes as a result. ill try again if we have senator cassidy. i think youre back. i apologize for those problems there. but do you think that if this provision goes, the sena...

Interesting. i think the senate wants to restore the medical expense deduction. something that i support. if those dollars are pumped into those ideas, i hit the -- >> neil: some senators are saying why are you throwing this in a mix? it was a third rail before. we perished on it. theyre worried about it now. >> without question, it convolutes the process and i have some concerns about it. its a tax bill -- >> neil: you think it will get done? >> yes. why? the american people need this. the amer...

Everyone should make their case. in this case, in the senate. then whether its adopted or not, to move forward. i dont know how anyone defends the current tax code. were just falling behind. >> neil: do you like the idea that the panel is kicking around the idea to get rid of the individual mandate, the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance? it would free up a lot of money, so we know the idea behind that. but its got the likes of susan collins were told, indirectly bob corker c...

End of the obama administration. but the russian investigation comes forward. the russians, its a third rail, i think. the trump team is frustrated by the fact that theyre hobbled by public perception on the russian relationship. the people i know from russia and i know a few are very confused by this. that also was borne out in the foreign ministers comments today. >> martha: yeah. watch hillary clinton try to restart the relationship. we listened to president obama say there was no reason to t...