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Isnt it about the vehicle for continuing negotiations? >> you are right, but we still to look at it. no one likes a mandate, so if there is an employer mandate that will be gone, the individual mandate that will be gone. if thats all you do, then that gives people incentive to remain uninsured until they get sick. what schumer missed the boat on is whether people will lose their insurance. they will choose not to ensure until they get sick, but thats not a good result for the syste system. >> me...

>> ambassador haggerty was nominated back in february. some of these people have been sitting for six months. these are nominations that are not controversial. the thing here, though, paul is, theres a new reality in chuck schumers opposition. the democrats are simply not participating in the government. now in fairness, the republicans in obamas first term, did not participate in the passage of the affordable care act or dodd frank. so that suggested, i was saying earlier if you get control of ...

Expect? it is their fault, not ours. >> ambassador haggerty was nominated back in february. some of these people have been sitting for six months. these are nominations that are not controversial. the thing here, though, paul is, theres a new reality in chuck schumers opposition. the democrats are simply not participating in the government. now in fairness, the republicans in obamas first term, did not participate in the passage of the affordable care act or dodd frank. so that suggested, i was ...

Ourselves agreeing with the president. this bill is mean. >> but the white house said senator mcconnell said democrats complaints were actually about fate. >> look at what schumer said about moveon.org call. say nothing democrat is going to go near this. what he said in a letter may 9th saying no democrats would be part of an effort that would repeal obamacare. so they have chosen to not make themselves part of this process. >> we know they dont want to participate in what were trying to achieve...

This? a lot of unanswered questions but the white house press office launching already a kind of preemptive strike against whats coming out of capitol hill in terms of democrats saying the president has acted in a fashion bite taking the head and literally taking off the head of the fbi director saying senator schumer said about the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein "he has developed a reputation for integrity. he has promised to give this careful consideration. " this was really his recomm...

>> no. look, what schumer is saying, what democrats are saying, but 20 million americans that might lose coverage, okay, republicans, you want to repeal it, fine, but what is your alternative? so far, and the last seven years, i have not seen a republican alternative. what is going to happen to the pre-existing condition that -- will that be eliminated? what about those kids between 21 and 26 years old? will they be covered? will costs go down? i mean, there is no beef there on the republican si...

>> no. look, what schumer is saying, what democrats are saying, but 20 million americans that might lose coverage, okay, republicans, you want to repeal it, fine, but what is your alternative? so far, and the last seven years, i have not seen a republican alternative. what is going to happen to the pre-existing condition that -- will that be eliminated? what about those kids between 21 and 26 years old? will they be covered? will costs go down? i mean, there is no beef there on the republican si...

Some pretty effective piling, clinically speaking, i dont mean that pejoratively, hes actually been quite effective in getting his point across. and the good thing about it that i like about twitter is that its completely transparent, it is instant, and you dont have a middleman to mince words and reframe or repackage, for better or worse. so i really dont know why, in this kind of grand introduction of what schumer is going to be like as a minority leader, he spends all his time chastising the ...

Are the republicans on capitol hill listening to donald trump on that front or just go ahead and repeal it, despite what he said publicly? >> so they have repealed it like 75 times. so i dont think they are going to listen to him at all on this. mike pence is going to be a critical figure because a lot of these guys know mike pence. he is a former house guy and former house leadership guy. they have his cell phone number. what schumer told us yesterday is what house republicans have been telling...

Check your overreach. his actual ability to do that is limited, and it is likely to be limited even further if he cant keep his own troops in line behind him. >> but the first test will be these confirmation hearings, and to both of you, they are going to pick and choose, but they think theyve got some opportunities. anne? >> yes theyve picked four or five top targets, including rex tillerson for state, and there are two hearings, one next week and then a few days after that, where the democrats...