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That may be true for some folks at the lower end. for folks at the high end this is a full employment bill for tax lawyers. there are so many new loopholes they've opened up. the complexity here has really been amplified. >> let's talk about the deficit, because again that was so important to republicans on pretty much everything else excluding, i guess, this tax bill. savannah guthrie on to do this morning asked speaker ryan about the deficit. take a listen. >> are you saying that the growth you're going to get from this tax cut will equal the amount it would cost on the deficit side so that ...

Voter sentiment. let's go back to kristen welker at the white house, garrett haake is on capitol hill. kristen -- garrett, let me start with you. a lot of folks believing once republicans pass this bill, it will inevitably lead to a fight over entitlements like medicare. what are you hearing on that? >> reporter: that's almost certainly coming down the pipe, craig. there was a concern this would trigger automatic cuts to medicare and medicaid. looks like the provisions that require that will probably be waived. the speaker and other republicans have been clear. they're not done here and they s...

Congressional leaders trying to get to 50 votes. but as things stand right now, this bill might not get out of committee. i have a great team here this morning to help me break it down, starting with msnbc's garrett haake on capitol hill. all right, garrett, break this down. the budget committee voting on this today. committee's got 12 republicans, 11 democrats. even if one republican votes against it, this thing is going to get stopped up. >> it's going to get stopped up but not probably stopped permanently. there are two republicans on that committee who are possible no votes. ron johnson an...

Corker. these all untethered, unencumbered by re-election campaigns, very outspoken critics of the president. what they're putting forward is they're most concerned about the federal deficit. late latest cbo score puts it under $1.5 trillion over ten years. that's what has to happen for this to go through for reconciliation process, simple majority pass in the senate. can't go over $1.5 trillion mark. that's what they're looking at. so far, economic analysts say there's no credible evidence that tax cuts lead to economic growth. that's been a case that some republicans are trying to make. thes...

Economic growth next year, but this tax reform, lowering the corporate rate, allowing us to be competitive internationally, bring back some of those earnings that have been overseas, repatriating. it gets rid of a lot of deductions and stuff in the code that makes it more difficult to grow jobs. i think we will see more than 1.9% growth for sure, based on the tax cuts and the tax reform itself. >> neil: i asked in the middle trying to win over doubters like senator johnson of wisconsin. senator daines out of montana, i think for the same reason that senator johnson had doubts with equity for s...