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Ago to be continued. that's all we're asking, what paul ryan who is now the speaker agreed to. he has refused to negotiate on that. now, when i say refused to negotiate, he's talked, but they have not come to an agreement with us on that. if they don't need us, if they just want to say no, tough, and we're going to go our way, and your way is out the window, that's fine. and last night they cobbled together enough votes to pass a bill which, by the way, does not deal with opioids. it doesn't deal with disaster relief for florida, texas, puerto rico and the virgin islands. it doesn't deal with ...

It substantially easier to fire bad employees and those found guilty of misconduct. previously it could take up to 700 days if not longer to fire va employees who were found guilty of misconduct including engaging in actions that led to the deaths of veterans. now you can get them off the payroll in as little as 21 days and that is a huge improvement, firings of bad employees have gone up since this law was signed and it could serve as a model for civil service performed across the whole government so that makes this law a bigger accomplishment in our minds. >> this is just the beginning, much...

Have expressed concern about the cuts to medicaid in this bill which, as you know, 31 states expanded medicaid coverage. that expansion would be put on hold and there would be further cuts to medicaid totals more than $800 million over several years. then of course there's the issue of pre-existing conditions which has raised concerns among republicans. so there are a lot of things that could change in this bill. it is almost certain that there will be changes. we'll have to wait and see just what those changes look like, and also of course, will those changes then be acceptable if they can pa...

Have a piece put up on cnn.com, the opinion page. look, when we're talking about one-sixth of our nation's economy and revamping of our health care, we have to slow down. we can't draft a bill which -- >> a lot of republicans think that. 18 days, that's all the time you're going to give health care? >> completely. >> how slow do you want to go, though, jon? that's the big question. one word, is tax reform easier than health care policy? >> no, it's much harder. so, tax reform is going to be very, very difficult. and again, i think we need to get back to basics. government funding needs to be f...

Progressive movement is to mock and destroy various traditions. in france the secular progressives are on the march targeting those who want to preserve their definition of traditional marriage. [chanting] [shouting] >> greg: obviously those weren't real nuns. is this where we are headed. bill obviously placed the question to the monica crowley and alan colmes. >> it's not just recent this stuff has been happening for decades. we saw bill ayers the entire counter cultural movement occupy wall street. van jonsz, code pink during the iraq war. this is the left. what you are seeing these are the ...