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Is a budget rule that requires that tax cuts must be covered by tax increases or cuts in mandatory spending so they don't increase the deficit. so i am told the president is going to be trying to encourage republicans to get this budget deal done very quickly. we're anticipating it's going to be a short term measure and some of the thornier issues will be shelved into the new year, chris. >> kristen welkewelker, thank y. i want to bring in the political reporter for real clear politics. sell len ma maxwell is director of progressive programming for sirius xm. eli stockels is a reporter for "th...

Like pouring gasoline on a raging fire and so republican propagandists may call this a political victory, a year from now republicans will be running away from this bill in shame for voting yes. >> mitch mcconnell disagrees with the future of this legislation. >> after eight years of slow growth and underperformance, america is ready to take off, stock market is up. >> reporter: the senate had to make minor changes to the house bill so it would fit in the senate budget rule, around noon today on the modified version, but this is a done deal and if you head to the president's desk we will see i...

Consult. 12% of taxpayers would face an increase, and by 2026, a quarter more people would pay more under the plan. the reason is because of changes they make to the personal exemplifie exemptions. the new system would take away those exclusions, a middle class tax would pay taxes on 8 or $10,000 more of their income, so a lot of americans would pay more. this is something a lot of republicans didn't really understand in the math when they signed onto the plan. it will become a significant problem for the plan. that's why you see rand paul and other members of the senate saying, this isn't oka...

Reconciliation, which is a specific budget rule. they have to make that determination in order for the vote to be 50 plus one. not 60, the usual majority that it requires to move forward to closure. what you are seeing is a lot of uncertainty about the next steps what is certain if this does not go through, and they will quickly move to the national defense authorization bill. that is senator john mccain's funding of the pentagon. that is really john mccain's wish that that whole thing move forward. no matter what happens, with health care, they will keep on trucking and tried to get through f...

Has taken the oxygen out of the room of tax reform. what will this package look like, and your timeline? >> well, i am not sure i agree with that, there are several different priorities that administration and congress have. we can walk and chew gum at the same time, the way our budget rule work you need to do obamacare reform, before tax reform. i do know about tax reform it will have a much lower business tax rate, we have as you well no highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized word. if there one thing that is shipping jobs overseas it is the uncompetitive tax code, dropping corporat...