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Get to yes. the senator from maine susan collins said she is concerned about the bill. she's also worth watching. then there are a half dozen or so wild cards. you've got the retiring senators jeff cork -- or excuse me, bob corker and jeff flake who is concerned about the deficit implications. lisa murkowski told me she hadn't focused on this yet. so it's no sure thing yet. republicans at least right now are feeling pretty good about this bill. >> well, bob corker is saying stop running a victory lap, look at the debt we'll be in. i want to bring in a fellow at the london school of economics a...

And that is going to be measurable over time. going to be a means by which the dynamics scores, status scoring answers that question. since it's on the mind of some are your undecided republican senators, is this administration willing to commit to a review five years in to see if the growth models are upheld along your lines and deficit implications aren't as large. if they aren't, re-assess the tax cuts in order not to blow a hole in the deficit? >> i haven't discussed with the president, i don't think sarah has, what we're willing to commit in in terms what we do five years from now. let me...

That is immeasurable over time. there's dynamic scoring or static scoring answers the questions. so it's on the mind of your undecided republican senators, is this administration willing to commit a review five years in to see if the growth models have held along your lines and the deficit implications aren't as large and if they aren't, to recess the tax cuts in order not to blow a hole in the deficit? >> i have not discussed with the president what we're willing to commit to what we do five years from now. let me talk about what we can be clear about today, which is that as the president cam...

Added clip, the senate gop version has partial obamacare repeal. phil mattingly joins us from capitol hill. how confident are senate republicans they can get this bill through? >> reporter: one senior gop aide told me they compared to where we were in a great place. that same aide acknowledges it's a low bar. and frankly, they've added health care into this. th that's a concern for people like senator susan collins who has concerns about the mandate. you have people like bob corker or jeff flake who have concerns about the deficit implications of this and then you have a firm "no" vote, at lea...

That same aide acknowledges it's a low bar. for people like senator susan collins who has concerns about the mandate. you have people like antibiotic corker or jeff flake who have concerns about the deficit implications of this and then you have a firm "no" vote, at least at this point. johnson coming out tonight not with concerns about the individual mandate but concerns about pass-through entities that pay taxes on the individual side of things saying what the bill does doesn't go far enough for him. all this underscores that that is policy that's going to be conflicted even though republica...