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Are really going to matter. >> go ahead. >> it's the gop, remember? we can talk about what the debate is across both parties and then you have those numbers that the cbo is putting out, potentially carrying a lot more weight because chris was putting it in a different category than deficit. when you talk about gop ideology philosophy, what is cutting to the heart of where they feel sick in the pit of their stomachs, the deficit does matter to these people, especially those people on that short list. >> i remember all those conversations, chris cillizza in 2008. >> right? >> constantly about wh...

But it's really in there because it's a way to save money. it saves $338 billion, which makes the -- what you have to swallow, if you are a republican deficit hawk, slightly smaller with this bill. but, yes, look, the problem with complex bills is that they're complex. you pull one string over here and you -- maybe you gain someone, but you likely lose someone. you shift the individual mandate out i have a hard time believing rand paul who is a yes on this bill, stays as a yes. and that's the problem. for every one addition, there's at least one sub tractitraction. that's the difficult math he...

Small and the worker benefits when it comes to wages and increased job growth. so i think those are the key tenants of republican vision for tax reform that they have to keep hammering home. going back to the partisan part this is a popular bill amongst republicans and john is right, this is going to be passed with pretty much strictly down the line party vote. as long as there is that buoy republican support for this, there is a good chance for this bill to become law. >> but i know i keep hitting on this, congressman, and i want to get you on this, what is quintessentially republican if it's...

Chance to pass along the measure expressed with you to improve the situation? >> senator daines and i are in constant contact. we are very unified in our position. we certainly need to close that asperity that doubled under the bill. it is still a huge concern, but i like the movement so far. i think senator corker was satisfied as well. the move is in the right direction, and we absolutely need pro-growth tax reform. >> neil: you mentioned on the onset, at first i heard you were a "no" vote, but a couple weeks ago i thought he had to do with the deficit. i know you are the deficit hawk. i did...

That will never happen, we start in 2019 on the tax cuts, there are lots of objections but in the larger sense we need growth in this economy. i am a deficit hawk, we need this. kelly: thanks for joining us, the way it was with mary poppins. kelly: thank you so much. >> hundreds of worshipers killed or injured as an egyptian mosque, donald trump, preventing an attack like this from happening on american soil. ♪