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The mandates a lot less expensive you should have the freedom to make that choice with you and your family. hhs this weekend did a study analyzed the consumer freedom amendment, and the results are incredible. they projected that with the consumer freedom amendment, 2.2 million more people will get health insurance than have right now. you know, the democrats always attack republicans gosh, you know, getting rid of obama care reduces insurance, well consumer freedom amendment expands coverage and the most critical piece is it lowers premiums. >> can this amendment bridge the gap, the split bet...

There were discussions about areas that still are differences. we're making progress. we came from that meeting with a renewed commitment to keep working. >> we also learned that a few hours from now the hhs secretary tom price is coming to capitol hill for an evening meeting with some republicans who are still not onboard with their party's proposal. and majority leader mitch mcconnell said leadership wants them to vote yes on the motion to proceed. so the bill can be debated and amended on the floor. >> this particular type of bill is totally open for amendment. there's no way i or anybody e...

>> one of the republican no votes who has slowed down the process so far, senator mike lee, says that he can get to yes if the consumer freedom amendment is included. that's april amendment that tells insurance companies as long as you offer a plan on the obamacare exchange you can also offer a less expensive plan that is not obamacare compliant. senator lee said he think as few years ago democrats built a berlin wall around obamacare to amend it, but that this would break it down. >> neil: a full court press by the president-to-for senators to deliver the goods. particularly dean heller of ne...

Cows come home, but we know what this is about. the president has been saying this, from the campaign trail through >> we have to go live to capitol hill right now. senator ted cruz is talking that luncheon. let's take a listen. >> we would repeal the disaster that is obamacare. we've got to deliver o that promise. ible we can, and i think we're making real promise. >> does president trump need to do anything else? he keeps getting everybody together. they're not there yet. about do you think the president should be doing something else? >> listen, i think the president is very helpful bringin...

Very different from susan collins? >> in many ways, jerry moran and mike lee are on different ends of the spectrum. mike lee is maybe in the rand paul camp, maybe not as far as rand paul, but he is certainly conservative. he did not like the language in the new cruz amendment which he was initially a co-author of. at one point senator cruz stepped away from mike lee and was directly negotiating with mitch mcconnell and the latest version is something senator lee was not happy with, and he says it specifically in his statement. and i can actually read a portion of that for you. he said, "after ...