deficit savings, money that republicans in the u.s. senate if they want to pass this bill with a simple majority vote will need for their proposal. they made very clear, they searched high and low, this is the best way for them to get such a large chunk of money, for several wary republican members in the senate, providing more options on they thinks like boosting up child tax credit, lowering the individual rates for middle class, those are now options on the table because of that 338 billion. make no mistake act it, democrats seized on this issue, they're trying to rally the grass roots like they did throughout the health care debate. the republican play is this, they know this is politically toxic. they know this is divisive. their hope based on what they've seen in the last couple weeks in the tax reform process is that the political imperative of doing something, of doing anything at this point will win out when it comes to the debate over whether or not repealing the individual mandate is good politics. christine and dave. >> all right. phil just mentioned repealing the individual mandate frees up $338 billion. republicans say they want to