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Theres an expectation that at some point tonight, hell be meeting with members of the Freedom Caucus. We know of a couple that have been walking in to meet with the speaker. Thats happening ahead of a 7 00 p. M. Meeting for the entire republican conference. I asked how long it was expected to go. I was told there will be food. The its a time to come together and figure out there where theres room to reach consensus. This comes as two wings of the Republican Party met at the white house with a different reception today. First, the Freedom Caucus, the more conservative wing having what i was tol...

Not markedly different right now. Growing confidence at least in the markets they will get this thing to 216 votes it needs as minimum to approve in the house. Then it goes to the senate. That seems to be consensus building. I dont know why the numbers seemed to be there. There could be surprises. I can not tell you how many times consensus estimate on legislation didnt pan out as folk thought. Were keeping track of something probably not too shocking to a lot of you. Well hear a lot more news from devin nunes, runs the house intelligence committee. A big debate whether he leaked too much spea...

Hi, elon. The disappointment today in washington over health care but trump said he is still determined to move forward over tax reform. Probably going now for tax reform which we could have done earlier but this would have worked out better if we could have had some democrat support. Remember this. We had no democrat support. So now were going for tax reform which ive always liked. You heard the same message from House Speaker paul ryan during his press conference. Also, kevin brady released a statement saying he is not discourage asked moving full speed ahead on tax reform. The problem is th...

Youve heard of this conundrum as we wait on this measure to see what they can do, but every concession the Freedom Caucus, for example, this conservative group of 3540 congressmen who almost to a man and woman were who almost to a man and woman are not big fans of this was whatever confession is made to that group, moderate republicans get kicked off and we deal with our kids. You let him stay up late, but not me and the tugofwar continues. Here is the thing, the reason the markets are watching closely, they reached a deflection point where they dont really care. They seem to buy the indicatio...

Coverage throughout the entire hour, throughout the entire afternoon and, of course, were going to bring you any breaking news from the floor. But first, we do want to bring in peter barnes for the latest on where things stand at this hour. Peter . Reporter thats right, cheryl. Were about halfway through the four hours of debate on the bill. That debate started just a couple hours ago, the house first got through a critical procedural step earlier today, approving the rules of debate along party lines. Six republicans defected on that and voted with the democrats to disapprove it which would h...