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Supporters of getting something like the d.r.e.a.m. act done. you ve got cornyn the number two who has a border bill that does include a lot of money for border security. the biggest immigration hawk in the senate was jeff sessions who now works on the administration. you ve got a number of house leaders like steve king from iowa loud conservative voices who want to see the wall be part of this. if there s going to be a deal, has to look like he s keeping the wall on the table for as long as possible. thanks very much for that. we ll continue to figure out what is going on on capitol hill with your help. garrett haake. as democratic senator bernie sanders unveils his bold medicare for all health plan, other democrats are working out other proposals on health care reform. right now a hearing is happening in front of the labor and pensions committee. that s the one you ll hear referred to as the help ....
Every senior, we are going to provide you with a set level of benefits. and if we have to come up with extra money to do that, we will find the money, we ll change the way we pay doctors and hospitals. but one way or another, you get those benefits. paul ryan s scheme is basically saying, look, we think medicare has gotten too expensive. so what we re going to say is we are going to give each of you a voucher. and this voucher, you can use to buy insurance. you can still go let the old medicare program, allegedly, continue alongside this. but seniors will then have to shop and use that voucher to buy a plan. and the question is, well, you know, you can imagine a system where the voucher was generous enough and there were enough, you know, safeguards, that it would be okay. but what ryan has made very clear, throughout his career, is that he wants to cut the spending to medicare. and the idea is that eventually, that voucher isn t enough to give people the health care that they need, an ....
And i think actually, he adds quite a lot when he is on the stage with romney. what he s been doing is giving the impression that romney is making bolder decisions than would he have otherwise made. it is kind of the opposite. ryan had a bold medicare program in his budget that keeps that $716 billion he is talking about, keeps that reduction under medicare spending. just gets it in different ways. romney says he won t cut that money. when they are together, i think reer toically, ryan is able to give some cover to romney on some numbers he is proposed that frankly, don t add up. when i say numbers, he hasn t been as specific as ryan has been in the past. i any that respect they go well together. dave weigel, perry bacon, thanks to both of you. appreciate you. thank you. folks, be sure to stay up-to-date on all of the latest political developments. all you have to do to do that is go to first read on our website, ....