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Tax reform, tax reform, tax reform. >> mm-hm. paul ryan and the republican party are bending over backwards to achieve tax reform. they came one step closer on thursday when house narrowly passed the senate's 2018 budget which means the senate only needs a filibuster proof simple majority to pass their tax cuts for the rich. details are hard to come but, but regardless of what the legislative details come to be, most americans know what already stands to gain. 60% say it will help the wealthy. it does seem that paul ryan's sort of whole life has been organized around the idea of repealing the ...

That whatever it is that was wrong, found to be wrong, is corrected in the long term. that has very serious implications. on obamacare repeal, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell invoked a rule that will allow the house's obamacare repeal bill to bypass the usual committee process and make it filibuster-proof to democratic opposition. so as you heard me talk to the congressman about the health care bill that the republicans propose that would cut medicaid, that would not include pre-existing conditions, now we've seen mcconnell put it through a way that it will skip the process and be fil...

They are both in red tape with grapher election campaigns. so about six foci of getting gorsuch to 16 outlays for, with the so-called nuclear option. requiring just 51 votes. they established the president in 2013 for the lower courts but never been used at the supreme court level. timing wise, here's what to look for. there's a key procedural vote thursday morning that could set up a confirmation vote writing night before senators plan to head out for easter break. leland: an exciting week for sure. thanks, caroline. a lot to talk about on this. elizabeth: for more insight, let's bring in con...

Republicans on the hill right now? >> right. i think the reality is that repiece and replace obamacare has been a snappy political slogan. it worked very well for the republican party to russian on the slogan for many, many years. getting their party base very refused up saying this is a law that doesn't work and we are going to get rid of it as soon as possible. and you know, keep in mind that republicans have actually moved very quickly during this new congress to get that process started. we saw that procedural vote happen last week. and now they are getting started and writing the actual r...

Six or seven particular national security team in place on day one. now to the future of the affordable care act and the effort to dismantle the law and the millions of americans in government health care is anything but clear right now. democrats protested on the senate floor into the early hours this morning as their republican colleagues sought to work language into a budget resolution to repeal obamacare in a move that would be filibuster-proof. >> show us your plan. you know, your health care plan. you must have one. we would like to hear it. >> republicans have been rushing around capi...