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Then they succeeded in it. you can't just do these things by yourself and hope you -- i'm a deficit hawk. state treasurer of delaware, governor of delaware. we balanced our budget. ended up with aaa tax rating. i think i know something about reducing taxes and still being fiscally responsible. adding more to our nation's debt for what i think is not a very good under lying policy. although there's stuff we agree on. >> dana: senator hatch said he wishes he could have more bipartisan support. said it's been worse in the last few years. is there anything specific that could change in the bill th...

Us rather than just voting in block against everything we try and come up with. >> finally a positive development for republicans, senator rand paul, a traditional deficit hawk signaled that he is a yes vote. we will see, guys. it looks like possibly a vote mid to late week this week. steve: all right. griff, before you go. i was reading this morning that apparently one suggestion is if there's a short fall of money in the federal coffers, the taxes could actually go up a little bit to make due with the short fall? >> that's right, steve. they are calling it a trigger. it's the trigger idea. e...

The individual mandate increasing the federal deficit, the cbo says the senate plan would lead to an increase in $1.4 trillion, the senate budget, democrats are uniformly opposed to it as finance committee chairman orin hatch expressed frustration. >> i just hope they will start working with us rather than voting as a block against everything we come up with. >> one bright spot, rand paul, traditional deficit hawk signaled he is a yes vote, the senate hopes to get to voting on this by the end of the week, there will be a lot of horse trading going on today. jillian: very close, you got to come...

The senate bill. take a look at what the house bill has. the a compromise for property taxes capped at $10,000. aides tell me that's where they might end up in the end. then of course senator john mccain obviously the famous thumb us down that killed the health care bill. senate leaders don't know where he stands on this. clearly a deficit hawk but also has concerns about the process. here's kind of the bottom line. republican leaders need to move quickly and they need to add money for some senators as others raise deficit concerns. how they figure out a way to square those issues is going to ...

Luncheon about the need to get tax relief done in a hurry. a key senator says he is looking forward to the president attending the senate gop lunch today. >> it will be a very productive and helpful meeting. 90% of republicans are really excited about it. that's within the senate caucus. we also have some democrats who are interested. why? it is middle class tax cuts. >> he sounds hopeful they will get gop hopefuls on board. daines and johnson are pushing for a better deal for small businesses. the tax reform plan favors corporations too much according to them. corker and flake and langford ha...