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With the rules. senate budget rules that we have to be mindful of and we want to make sure when he pass a bill out of the house that bill ads here to the senate rules so that we can use the reconciliation tool we need to use to pass tax reform. those sunsets things that are done to make sure the bill conforms to the rules. we don't personally like in the house, but we need to follow if we want to make sure that's privileged. >> there is this expectation that congress will act later to extend those. >> i believe that as well. >> doesn't that imply then that the deficit impact will be greater? >...

Connection between trickle down economics, giving the rich and businesses a tax cut and getting that economic growth. it used to be much clearer. it's less clear that's how it works. >> well, look. we've shown that this economy is good at delivering corporate profits. but not so good at delivering wage increases. and the question is could this plan possibly do that? most economists are not expecting dramatic increase in wages. in fact, the former bush medication economist who runs the wharton model came out with a projection that said by 2027, the benefits of this tax bill, 53% of them will be...

With the rules. adheres to the senate rules so we can use the reconciliation tool we need to use to pass tax reform. so those sunsets are things that are done to make sure that this bill conforms to the rules. we don't personally like in the house. but we need to follow if we want it to be privileged. >> there is this expectation that congress will act later. >> i've heard that as well. >> doesn't that imply then that the deficit impact of this bill is going to be greater? >> as you know, we are concerned that the dynamic scoring would not be allowed in the senate again because of the rules. b...

The cost of those resources are no longer now in tax cuts. it's a decision of -- do you try to do something that's fair for everyone across the country or do you functionally subsidize those jurisdictions that spend a lot of money and tax their residents a lot? >> harris: interesting. we have a senior force telling fox news that the deficit impact of the tax bill might be higher than $1.5 trillion and if that's the case, because you know you have to stay there in order to have a majority vote, if that's true, it might be north of that a little bit, if that's true what do you do? that means you...

The senate where there is only a very slim majority. i don't think this is going to be a political easy thing to get done in congress for the republicans. >> harris: you were talking about blue states. a senior telling fox news that the deficit impact of the bill is more than 1.5 trillion. if that is the case and brady just said it was 1.51 trillion over a decade, it will qualify for fast-track budget reconciliation process. >> trish: it depends on what kind of growth you get. you got 3% right now and that was with the hurricane, so we are on a good trajectory. if you get tax reform through, i...