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Leader mcconnell should invoke the reid rule. by mike pompeo is and gina haspel are ready for floor action, we'll know exactly what the rules are and how the voting will proceed. pompeo and haspel are in need of confirmation. those think pompeo will be confirmed easily, but haspel faces a tougher fight. i wrote this week in the "washington post" why haspel needs a yes vote and quickly. behalf the outcome, the senate needs to get to work, like the work americans put in routinely, 60, 70-hour weeks. that's what is expected. not tuesday through thursday sessions. the gop has to turn out in the fa...

He's talking about hearings, markups, floor action, conference, house having an opportunity to amend this. when it comes to lisa murkowski, all about the data. they want to make sure she knows they're willing to do whatever they can to get her oboard, whatever the state of alaska needs, whether or not they can answer the concerns of those two senators will dictate whether or not there's a vote or whether or not this passes next week. meanwhile, bill cassidy fighting back against talk show host kimmel. he skewered him saying he promised him it would include protections for patients with preex...

But after that happens that doesn't become the law, that's got to work its way through a committee, through floor action, every senator will have a right to offer amendments to change the law. so this is part of a process. this is just the first step in the process. it is not unusual or unique for a product like this to begin its first step among a core group and then to expand to the broader group of the entire senate. it's a better process than when they did obamacare. they rammed it down the those of the american people using all sorts of, you know, measures to kind of get it through as qui...

Votes, not 60. despite the obstacles ahead, president trump declared his optimism overnight. >> i think we'll get it through. the republicans are very united, like seldom before. i mean, you see that today. the republicans came together all of a sudden two days ago, and it was like magic. they're very, very united. you saw that today and you'll see it again. >> the bill is stacked with policy changes, including eliminating certain taxes on the wealthy, deep medicaid cuts, and allowing higher premiums on older people. with that in mind, republican senate leaders are already saying they'll take ...

Deal to get as much as they can out of it? >> there'll be three sets of discussion the bill and which changes will be made. you'll have the house discussion which involves two phases, the mark up by the two committees and the floor action and then there's going to be a senate bill. anybody think the senate bill will look like the house bill? no. there'll be senate discussions on what go in the house bill and a committee to reconcile the differences and then it will go back to the house and senate and it may be pinged back and forth several times. look, the bill as it stands today won't be the ...