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You holding out hope that there's going to be other opportunities for compromise. >> there are two big areas, one would be tax reform. and there has been discussion about repatrioting some of the u.s. overseas and bringing them in at a 14% tax rate. that would give us enough money to do infrastructure. there's an opportunity here, but we've got to have a fair discussion about that. you can't come through with a plan that is obnoxious and then when it doesn't pass, say we're going to sit down after the fact. let's start a fair and honest dialogue. >> there's some reporting from one of my collea...

Reform, white house secretary sean spicer said they had no plan "b." >> how confident are you that the bill will pass, and if it doesn't pass, is there a plan "b"? >> no, there is no plan -- i mean, there's plan "a" and plan "a." we're going to get this done. i'm not looking -- we're not looking at a plan "b." we have plan "a." it's going to pass. we're going to go from there. >> you said there is only plan "a." >> right. >> at this point is there an acknowledgement perhaps there does need to be a plan "b"? >> no, plan "a." the president's plan is on to pass the bill tonight, get to it the sen...

Repealing and replacing obamacare. if you vote no and this doesn't pass, what are you going to go back to your constituents and say? you are giving the president a major loss should the vote go your way. >> i think i ran on not only repealing, but replacing. i define that in my campaigns and too often in this town we say who is up and who is down. who is winning and losing. i think we should come together and i think that can occur. that will require cooperation. >> that's not what you said when you ran, i bet. as republicans, we are going to repeal it and replace it. if that doesn't happen, d...

The good of the republican forty, it has to pass. >> yeah, this is about a lot more than health care but whether or not we can pass tax reform or the president can past infrastructure bill and a working appropriations process and whether or not republicans can govern. this is a gut-check moment. it's familiar to me and dana and folks in the capital, when the pizzas arrive and gourmet sandwiches come. this is a gut check moment for republicans. the bill has to come up and if it doesn't pass, there will be serious repercussions. >> senator -- >> i couldn't agree more. i mean, they have to pass t...

Doesn't pass, where are you going to go back to your constituents and say? because you're giving the president a major loss should the vote go your way. >> i think that i ran on not only repealing, but replacing, and i the defined that in my campaigns. and i think too often in this town, gloria, we say, who's up, who's down, who's winning, who's losing? i think we should come together and i think that that can occur, but that will require democratic cooperation. >> but that's not what you said when you ran, i bet. i bet you said, as republicans, we're going to repeal it, we're going to replace...