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But you have to pay for it. the way obama care pays for it is making sure through the mandate that healthy people sign up as well as sick people. you know, a variety of taxes. increases on taxes, especially on more well-to-do people. if you take the financing away, which is one of the things that helps pay for these provisions that republicans like, they have to find a different way to pay for them. that's a real puzzle here, one of the things that as i said despite the fact as you point out, they repealed obamacare and voted dozens of times when they knew it wasn't going to get through, now t...

That they had to get across. the democrats made their point by having this debate before the vote occurred about why it was that the trump transition team did not allow mattis to talk to them about and about their questions about civilian control of the military. now an overwhelming number of democrats voted in favor of mattis, to grant this waiver. you can't put too fine of a point for unusual to have a retired general who has not been retired seven years take control of what has been a civilian position. this has not happened in 67 years. since general george marshall was asked by harry trum...

You sent them up there to make this change. you want obamacare repealed and replaced, get it done. everybody is about that until you're one of the people left with no insurance if they continue vote to repeal and replace it. about 16 million people, about eight million i'm told to the trump voters, if you're out of insurance, you can't go to the doctor, you feel differently about it. josh letterman is with us. he's the a.p. correspondent at the white house. joins us frequently, this is on the obama care matter. josh, the easy part just got done. >> the easy party is done. the hard part starts ...

The question. if he doesn't get it, you get to the point that president trump will decide whether to fire him. he does have the authority to do that. >> dan, thank you. >> thank you. >> shepard: this big vote just started on the floor. >> an important vote. >> shepard: it is important. this is the one for the beginning of the repeal of obama care, replaces later. this is the repeal part. this is the beginning of that over on the senate side. the house did it yesterday. backwards. the house did it yet, this is the senate today. they need to flip about 24 republicans would need to say no to this...

>> shepard: the vote is in. not all of it but enough of it. they agreed to the resolution. you can see the top line there. it's a yays, nays, presents and nonvoting. now it's gone. listen. >> the unfinished business is that -- >> shepard: let's go back to the board. actually, that comes to -- at any rate, only nine republicans as of the last look had voted against it. mike emanuel, this does not repeal or replace anything. this overcomes a potential filibuster. >> you're right, shep. what this does, it says to the relevant committees in congress, now right to repeal legislation. the senate wil...