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Will be better and cost less when obamacare is gone, so why would we want to take three years to get rid of it? >> reporter: jake, gop officials tell me that rather than a comprehensive obamacare replacement they're looking at passing a series of smaller health care bills that they hope will win bipartisan support, setting that aside, though, another huge fight looming over reforming the tax code for corporations and individuals, and that is expected to dominate action on the hill for much of next year. but adding to that, a slew of major confirmation fights, including trump's pick for the sup...

Of the sacrosancnature of the constitution of the presidency. my bet is he adheres to it. >> anthony scaramucci withhe trump team, jonathan capehart down in washington, thank you both for joining us. up next, donald trump is getting ready for an inauguration that promises to be unlike any other. he's also gearing up for some potentially top confirmation fights. that's ahead, this is "hardball," the place for politics. per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand...

Support president obama's request to use military force in syria but has a long list of disagreements with the current president over national security. and senator jeff sessions will take charge of the justice department as attorney general. sessions has already been through the confirmation process, though, three decades ago and it didn't go so well. all the choices have already come under attack from some democrats. potential harbingers of what could be tough confirmation fights once trump is inaugurated just 63 days from today. cnn is tracking every development and working our sources to g...

To head consumer financial board. if the republicans filibuster him or any of the seven nominees, harry reid says he's going to deploy that nuclear option. so we have kind of less than a two-hour window. you alluded to one of the sticking points, democrats are saying, look, we might be able to work out a deal on seven nominees so they don't get filibustered today. we want to be able to have the opportunity to deploy the nuclear option going forward. remember, there already is a vacancy at the department of homeland security. there could be other appointees in other big confirmation fights. dem...

After 2008. let me bring in correspondent john harwood. john, a great pleasure to have you on. if that analysis is accurate, saying there's new level of confidence, where would this confidence lead us, especially with these two national security members if they're all confirmed here? >> well, first of all, it's led us to the point of him being willing to take on these confirmation fights. he was willing to take on susan rice for a while. that one ended up getting too difficult and she stepped aside but the president's got an attitude of i've been vindicated by the election and the record in th...