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The bill, just like we saw last week on the house side, and an introduction of hundreds of amendments from senators to try to tweak it and figure out a way that they can make -- make it work on their side. and one of the main issues there is the cost of all of this. you've got the bird rule which says look you cannot add to the federal deficit after a ten-year period and still have this bill pass with just a simple majority. so they have to figure out a way how are we going to pay for it. some revenue sources. now democrats, they're not going to be left out of the process. they're holding a pr...

Reductions where he the corporate rate down 20%. those of the two key fundamental factors that we are driving towards. that both of these bills will have. >> martha: so if those two things are in it, the president will sign it. in terms of the 1.5 number that is the allowable amount to be added to the deficit to keep this under the bird rule, there is some discussion today it was a dime over that. that's going to knock that out of the park is an issue you're concerned about? >> there are very strict rules on how you do this with 51 vote votes. we will conform to those instructions and say how ...

Anybody to suggest it's not good. higher earnings means more salaries, more employment. everyone's 401(k) and ira are in stocks. if the stocks approved, the consumer wins. >> neil: maybe they already did. you buy the argument that they had their run-up and -- >> i'm going to argument that increased earnings will call for more sustainability. >> neil: make this more affordable, this market. >> sure. >> neil: you know, people don't understand the structure, the way it is, with reconciliation and the bird rule and everything else. you have to -- there's gives and takes here. a lot of republicans ...

Bird rule and that is to keep comprehensive substantive proposals somewhat at bay, so that's why the parliamentarian matters. >> what's the muscle? the bird bath, i love that term. you could energy some things are not responsible, and the politicians can ignore it, can't they? >> the parliamentarian gives advice to the officer of the senate, and during my 35 years in the senate i can remember one instance where the officer did not take the parliamentarian's advice. they almost always do so. to not take the advice would be

Like he have one else was. >> yes. and in the middle of it, john mccain came to the democratic side. four or five of us huddled around him. he had a question about the bird rule. we were contesting potentially the last section of the eight-page bill saying it didn't seem to fit the rules. we said we would set that aside. he asked questions about whether we would be willing to proceed to the defense he authorization sxakt facilitate that so we don't have a long drawn out mark-up of it. we said we were happy to do that. that felt pretty positive. it sounded like he was about to go with us. we st...