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Even on the afternoon of inauguration day. republicans had been saying for seven years without dissent that they were going to kill obamacare the minute they got a chance to. not a single republican was elected to congress last year by saying, you know, i'm not with my party on this one. i think obamacare has something to say for it. they were 100% unanimous for seven years this was the first thing they were going to do, but despite their two and a half week early running start at that goal that they all agreed on, they didn't have that bill ready for inauguration day. it would be two months -...

Corker and ron johnson and any other republican senator who might peel off from what they're trying to do here. tonight is steve mnuchin and bride hold money night. vote on the republican tax bill is tomorrow in the house. don't think about rich people. outside of republicans in congress and donors most important to them, this bill doesn't have a lot of friends. lots of different types of people have reasons to be strongly against this. for example, anybody with health insurance, anybody who only got health insurance because of the affordable care act. all middle-class people, stakeholders in ...

That is unprecedented in modern american political history that you have a president who has his own party in control of both houses of congress and that president is in office for his first year and they pass nothing. it just doesn't work that way. but that's how it's worked this year. now mostly what it's looked like when they've tried to pass something, we've been able to see that because of the kinetic activity of their repeated failures to kill obamacare, to kill the affordable care act. when donald trump was sworn in as president on january 20th, the congress, the new republican-led cong...

They try to pass something, seen that because of the kinetic activity of their repeated failures to kill obamacare, the affordable care act. when trump was sworn in, the congress had been sworn in 2 1/2 weeks. they were sworn in january 3rd. original plan was to use that time getting obamacare repeal ready. be ready by the time he got there. wanted it shined up, introduced through rules process, voted on and ready for brand new president's signature, maybe even on the afternoon of inauguration day. republicans have been saying for seven years without dissent they were going to kill obamacare m...

Eventually stop touching a hot stove. they keep losing on obamacare, so now they throw this provision in, not only could it delay passage of a tax bill, it could actually jeopardize passage of a tax bill. >> greg, when i look at the optics of this, though, i keep hearing the president wants middle class tax relief. >> yep. >> this is permanent corporate tax relief, temporary middle class tax relief and if you throw in the obamacare repeal, the obamacare mandate, you have potentially $13 million who will be without health insurance and premiums could rise. that in a heart beat takes away the th...