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Tougher vote when it comes back to you next time? >> well, because it's about keeping our word. we've been promising this. i've been here a little over two years. there's been members that have been promising for five, six, seven years. in the words of bill clinton, this model, obamacare, doesn't work here. we have to offer relief to the american people. this is not the most perfect bill. we get that. but it is a huge step in the right direction along with the work that hhs secretary tom price can do, along with some of the things you've heard, we talked about the third phase or the third buck...

Conser group. do you think lawmakers, is that in the back of their mind, does it have to be, that money is going up against them if they go against big dollar groups? >> oh, sure, yes. the fact is this was a promise that was made to so many constituents and so many of these organizations like heritage action that helped these guys get re-elected. so, they're going to take action to, you know, communicate directly to their constituents about what they believe is a failed promise. >> john phillips, what do you make of the ultimatum? if we have a dealmaker and he wants to get to yes and get peopl...

On this law, they would actually argue that this bill gets rid of some of the fundamental pillars of obamacare. let's just talk through what this bill actually has. this bill would repeal obamacare subsidies, these subsidies would be replaced by refundable tax credits that would be determined by age and income. the house has also decided to set aside some $85 billion for tax credits that would be for older americans. this came because a lot of lawmakers said they were concerned a lot of their older constituents would be negatively hurt by this. third, this bill would repeal individual and empl...

Done it the same had he had a chance to do it over again. >> since you spoke with him yesterday, i'll go with your sense on this one. guys, thank you very much, keeping a close eye on that breaking news. right now the republican health care bill is in serious jeopardy. a vote scheduled just hours from now is becoming more of a showdown than anything else as the president and republican leaders still don't seem to have the votes, at least not yet. behind the scenes, president trump taking a page from the art of the deal, giving republicans an ultimatum, vote yes or get stuck with obamacare. e...

If you guys don't do it, guess what, obamacare stays in place. the problem is if you're part of the house freedom caucus, if you vote for this bill, it's letting obamacare stay too much in place. what i'm hearing too is a lot of these bullying tactics aren't really working. you have people, particularly -- >> they have been used by house speakers in the past. >> this idea that we're going to lose everything, we'll never be in power again. >> but this identify that they'll find people to primary people in some of these districts. it's hard obviously to find someone to the right of a lot of thes...