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Ooh, ooh hot - just gonna stay home on the farm, eat a beautiful idaho potato, and watch tv with my dog... tv anncr: the big idaho potato truck pulled into town today and it's really a sight to see. oh man...let's go.... (distant) you comin', boy? sfx: (dog) gulp! woof. >> jon: on capitol hill house republicans finishing mark-ups on their tax reform bill as they push for a vote next week while vice president mike pence pitched tax reform in indianapolis yesterday. >> we need to cut taxes for the middle class in this country. we need to cut taxes on businesses so american companies can be more ...

Hurtful to them and so, you know, certainly speaks more broadly to just how charged and just how sensitive this issue is, and, you know, as general kelly said, there are a lot of people who are frustrated with the fact that everything has become so politicized. julie: yeah, and this is certainly not an issue that should ever be politicized. it's certainly a step back. but katie, thank you very much for talking to us. we appreciate it. >> great to be with you. julie: republican lawmakers narrowly passing a budget for the 2018 fiscal year with 51 votes. senator rand paul, the one and only republ...

Know, certainly speaks more broadly to just how charged and just how sensitive this issue is, and, you know, as general kelly said, there are a lot of people who are frustrated with the fact that everything has become so politicized. julie: yeah, and this is certainly not an issue that should ever be politicized. it's certainly a step back. but katie, thank you very much for talking to us. we appreciate it. >> great to be with you. julie: republican lawmakers narrowly passing a budget for the 2018 fiscal year with 51 votes. senator rand paul, the one and only republican, though, to break ranks...

Across the aisle. >> the difference this time is that one of mccain's closest friends on capitol hill is leading the effort. it's a friendship that has spanned decades. the three amigos, graham, joe lieberman and mccain seen here out for a hike after mccain's first round of chemotherapy. senator graham emotional when mccain's diagnosis became become. >> no more woe is me, lindsey. he is yelling at me to buck up. so i'm going to buck up. >> the white house is hoping graham can secure mccain's support. even he is offering in guarantees. >> you can have different opinions about the quality of thi...

That's a much higher priority. but at the same time the president trump is absolutely right, the only one that can change the law is congress and they need to do it. there have been plenty of hearings. i don't want to hear about more hearings. i want to hear about mark-ups and bills moving forward. it is a great opportunity to lock down the border. get rid of the rewards and incentives. do the things that president trump campaigned on and had a mandate to do. he won 30 of 50 states. he has a mandate to do this. >> julie: great to see you. >> bill: there has been an explosion at a federal build...