Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170313:20:12:00
The congressional budget office, again the nonpartisan congressional budget office, they estimate that by enacting this legislation, this republican health care replacement legislation, they say it would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the next ten years. this deficit reduction angle is key. this is a technical reason here. the republicans need to show they're reducing in order to pass it with the legislative mechanism. they're trying to use here called reconciliation. here's something perhaps more significant though. the congressional budget office estimating that in 2018, next y...