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Attributed just the current trillion dollar deficit to the republicans but twice, twice he criticized democrats about the deficit saying democrats are, quote, not known for worrying about deficits. and he said, if my party doesn't start getting interested in deficits. both of those lines are lies. they are republican lies. that for some reason pete buttigieg decided to tell today. during pete buttigieg's entire lifetime, republicans have increased the deficit and democrats have worked hard to decrease the deficit and taken grave political risk in doing that. pete buttigieg was 11 years old whe...

Be for the future. >> yeah, sahil, you're looking at something different happening on capitol hill. >> yes. >> it's a little bit like broccoli, but we need to talk about because it's actually really important to the way this government functions. >> it's very important. i have my eyes on the house democratic rules package coming up for a vote tomorrow and one provision that is making progressives very angry, the reimposition of the pay as you go rule which basically prevents legislation from adding to the defic deficit. they say this hamstrings the party's ability to advance big legislation li...

Retiring senator bob corker withholding his vote after a new report on the joint committee on taxation estimates the bill would increase the deficit by $1 trillion over 10 years and would not produce enough revenue to offset the cost of the plan. corker demanding a trigger to automatically raise taxes if the bill fails to generate as much economic growth. as promised. but the senate rule keeper declaring such a proposal would not be allowed as written. a showdown unfolding on the senate floor as a group of republican senators huddled around holdouts, corker, jeff flake, and ron johnson. >> i s...

Joint committee on taxation, the talking points. but we should believe history. i was a democrat in the house of representatives when voted for the tax cuts in 2001, 2003. i was a minority in my party. the fact of the matter is between 2001 and 2008, those tax cuts actually drove up our defic deficit. we ended up going to wore washington or in iraq and afghanistan on tax cuts, didn't have the supplies and the equipment that our troops needed because we couldn't afford them. we had this massive meltdown in 2008. there is something to be said for the reality of history and what it teaches us whe...

On his way out. >> when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve is in the capacity that they're in. >> it is a verdict we were not hoping for. >> zarate has been acquitted of murder. >> where is the sanctuary for kate steinle. >> it was used to catapult a presidency. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your "new day". alisyn is off. erica hill doing yeomans work on a friday. the tax bill hit a trillion dollar snag. republicans are forced to make changes to their plan...