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Voted to begin the debate. i thank the president, his administration and our friends in the house for the roles that they have played. now we have to keep working hard. we're determined to do everything we can to succeed. we know our constituents are counting on us. we'll work through an open amendment process. i know members in both parties have health care ideas they'd like to offer. if you've got one, bring it to the floor. last night the senate considered a comprehensive obamacare repeal and replace substitute. that amendment was subject to a 60-vote threshold because the congressional bud...

It takes weeks to transport, assemble, fuel and test. we can destroy it while it is there on the ground. but with this missile silo, we can't do that. the first warning that we have that there is a test is that the bird is already in the air and it could be heading toward the united states. >> gordon, thank you very much. we'll be watching closely. >> than, poppy. coming up, a new year means new battles on capitol hill. >> i think health care will be better and cost less when obamacare is gone. >> just revealing obamacare, even though they have nothing to put in its place and saying they'll ...

Passing an enormous infrastructure spending bill. let's talk about it with ryan lizza and washington correspondent for the new yorker. >> thank you, poppy. >> republicans have been clear about the fact they're going to do away with obamacare and do away with it quickly. there have been parts the president-elect has even said he would like to keep, like insurance for pre-existing conditions. people staying on their parents' health care until they're 26. how do you expect this fight to actually play out? >> yeah. i mean, those two policies you mentioned, very interesting. those are two policies ...

All the black lung program. it may all be gone. don't matter how many years you got. >> reporter: three sentences in the affordable care act made it easier for victims of black lung to get monthly federal benefits if they worked 15 years or more in the mines. and if they died, the benefits automatically extended to their widows. >> i will be drawing $643.42. >> once a month? >> once a month. >> reporter: patty just got her first payment. her husband crawford, after 32 years in the mines, died in 2007. >> to say it, somebody you live with 45 years, go from a vibrant man to a child is very hard....

Conditions. there seems to be a consensus among many republicans on the hill, also donald trump and his staff, about the issue of pre-existing conditions. i think that's one of the reasons why there are so many that are saying, look, there needs to be a replacing. but there are some parts of obamacare that we do need to keep in tact. that would be a prime example of where there would be a consensus or common ground here. look, i'm one of those that buys on the exchange. this year was a year where i bought on the exchange but it wasn't a good year. there's only one plan available for not only m...