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College backed by the devos family for special tax breaks. that got exposed, at least, but i bet you we will see dozens more of these special provisions put in to help special interests. secondly, as somebody who's been passionate about not adding to our already $20 trillion in debt, this bill, i believe, will add over $2 trillion to the debt. even with whatever growth comes can from these tax cuts. that's not only because of the $1.5 trillion that's already been acknowledged, but this tax bill is set up so that all of the goodies, things that are actually helpful to individuals, are all set t...

Exempting a particular religious college backed by the devos family for special tax breaks. that got exposed, at least, but i bet you will see dozens more of these special provisions put in to help special interests. secondly, as somebody who's been passionate about not adding to our already $20 trillion in debt, this bill, i believe, will add over $2 trillion to the debt. even with whatever growth comes can from these tax cuts. that's not only because of the $1.5 trillion that's already been acknowledged, but this tax bill is set up so that all of the goodies, things that are actually helpful...

Address that problem, maybe. some republicans are worried this bill could blow up the deficit. non-partisan group of scorekeepers in congress put out a report saying, in fact, just that. it would raise the deficit by at least $1 trillion. there's a different side deal in the works to address that. two, more duct tape, which could mean parts of this bill gets clawed back, maybe. the tax cuts for businesses, permanent. but tax cuts for individuals, they aren't. and that could create a fiscal cliff a few years down the road or multiple fiscal cliffs down the road under the "maybe" column again. n...

Welcome back to "the 11th hour." we're back with our national political correspondent, steve kornacki. fascinating stuff at the board tonight. happy to be joined by host of the npr politics podcast, tamara keith. so tamara, welcome to the broadcast. let me ask it this way. these republicans we just talked about who are vacating these seats, one way of asking it is, what do they know about what's going to go on in 2018 that others maybe are going to follow them in? >> well, one thing they know is they've been in congress and know it's not a very fun place to be right now. since 2010, congress h...

Happy to be joined by host of the npr politics podcast, tamara keith. so tamara, welcome to the broadcast. let me ask it this way. these republicans we just talked about who are vacating these seats, one way of asking it is, what do they know about what's going to go on in 2018 that others maybe are going to follow them in? >> well, one thing they know is they've been in congress and know it's not a very fun place to be right now. since 2010, congress has been rolling from crisis to crisis. fiscal cliffs and debt ceiling fights and continuing r resolutions every few months and it's just not a ...