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We're talking about the amtrak corridor from boston all the way down to richmond, virginia. >> right. >> needs new investment, if you want to maintain that train service. >> we are talking the country, labor costs, project labor agreements for the west coast and east coast. it is breaking down, probably more visible where you have a lot of commuters, but the same problems are occurring everywhere. >> and some of the systems are the oldest here because some of the tracks were laid and the infrastructure laid in the 30s, 20s, and earlier. dan? >> well, there's a big question of whether it's doab...

>> so will changes to the bill be enough to get moderate republican holdouts on board? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, assistant editorial page editor james freman, and editorial board member joe rego. joe, the bill has changed for the better or worse and how? >> well, i would say both. this is a bill that's moved to the political center. it's moved leftward. it's worse in the sense that it gets rid of a lot of the tax -- it keeps a lot of the tax increases on investment income 3.8 percentage -- >> that were part of obama care. >> that were part of it...

Be enough to get moderate republican holdouts on board? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, assistant editorial page editor james freman, and editorial board member joe rego. joe, the bill has changed for the better or worse and how? >> well, i would say both. this is a bill that's moved to the political center. it's moved leftward. it's worse in the sense that it gets rid of a lot of the tax -- it keeps a lot of the tax increases on investment income 3.8 percentage -- >> that were part of obama care. >> that were part of it. >> that republicans promised ...

Back and think a little bit about what they stand for. >> there's one senator who's already said he's not even going to vote to a motion to proceed and that's rand paul of kentucky. he's a libertarian. why would he blow up this bill? if this fails, james, you get obama care. >> yeah, and i think republicans who vote against it also deserve primary challenges because the united states government has unfunded liabilities in the tens of trillions or perhaps the hundreds of trillions. this is one little baby step towards reforming the fastest-growing entitlement program -- >> which is medicaid. >>...