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Messa message you and other fellow dems want to run on? >> our senators will be talking to folks in their states about what's best for their states. that's always their north star, so sometimes they will fight the trump policies like this tax give away to big corporations. on some issues they may work with trump. the bottom line is the economic message of the democratic party will be similar to what doug jones ran on in alabama, which is, economic security, security for health care, republicans are going to turn right around in their budget, mark my word it's in their budget, they plan to cut ...

Raise taxes on middle class americans. well, either that's not going to happen and it's just a gimmick to give them cover for this huge deficit increase, or it actually would raise taxes actually when the economy was weak and make no sense at all. and i think what really is the concern for so many people is that when they're raising $1.5 trillion of deficit, you know, lawrence, we know what they're going to do. the moment they do this, the moment they have made the deficit that much worse than the out years, they're going to come back and tell people they have no choice but to cut medicare, me...

Deficit increase, or it actually would raise taxes actually when the economy was weak and make no sense at all. and i think what really is the concern for so many people is that when they're raising $1.5 trillion of deficit, you know, lawrence, we know what they're going to do. the moment they do this, the moment they have made the deficit that much worse than the out years, they're going to come back and tell people they have no choice but to cut medicare, medicaid, maybe even social security. they have $473 billion in medicare cuts and $1.3 trillion in medicaid. when you look at why this is ...

This is not a tax break for them and violates the basic. there's a reason this plan has been prepared in secret, why it's not being scored by cbo as it does traditionally, because it doesn't add up. the only way republicans can make it add up is by cutting medicare by $473 billion and medicaid by $1 trillion. that is not the way to deal with this economy and to build real growth. >> you're the senate democratic whip, your job is to count the votes. do you have commitments from everyone who caucuses with the democratic party that they will oppose the republican plan? and have you heard from ...

That they pay. they'll be paying a tax on a tax. this is not a tax break for them. and it violates a basic. and let me tell you, there is a reason why this plan has been prepared in secret. why it's not being scored by the congressional budget office as it is traditionally. it's because it doesn't add up. the only way the republicans can make it add up is by cutting medicare by $473 billion and medicaid by $1 trillion. that to me is not the way to deal with this economy and to build real growth. >> you're the senate democratic whip. your job is to count the votes. do you have commitments from ...