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Reach aagreement to keep you from being deported? >> you should. you saw that i think you got to come into the room in a pretty unprecedented way and sat in almost an hour living to the president talk about it, listening to the president commit to getting a solution on this. we're counting on republicans and democrats to come together, which we think they will to make an agreement on daca and border security, a vital part of that conversation and something we insist be part of it. >> quick follow-up on fisa. there seems to be a pattern, correct me if i'm wrong if there isn't, the president wat...

Position. >> at the same time this idea of tax cuts -- i'm glad you mentioned the budget reform act in 1986. you were very much involved in tax policy during the reagan era. it does seem that taxes cover all sins on the republican side, that because they are all united in this idea of cutting taxes for the wealthy, they will literally excuse any behavior by donald trump. it's all fine with paul ryan and mitchell mcconnell. they seem to have an incredibly high tolerance for aberrant behavior. >> there's two reasons for it. one is that people who contribute the vast bulk of the money to the repu...

Think republicans are going to have the courage of their conviction? congressional leaders and the white house to explain why the tax changes are not just what they want but better for the country? >> so, we reported yesterday in today's paper that conservative groups led by the kochs and their freedom partners and the american action network, a separate group, are going to be launching a push that could eventually involve tens of millions of dollars to rally people around tax reform. now, i think that's all well and good. however, there are still a lot of differences in the republican party t...

Do that. >> michael, one of the arguments in favor of this was the transparency idea that now we will see where all of this money is coming. is that really what we cared most about here is knowing where this money was coming from in the first place? >> look, i think everybody knows that there are big money folksç on both sides that get money and give lots of money to various causes whether it's a super pac or a candidate. the democrats have been very good add making it seem that it's only republicans who benefit from this republicans and conservatives who big money. the greatest trick the bi...

We're raising questions about whether he attended a closed-door political strategy and fund-raising in the session by koch industries and paid his way is there by the federalist society. >> i see. in other words, this was a pass-through to get him to go to a koch brothers event. is that what you're saying? >> that's what it appears to be. we raised the question, because koch industries put out a letter touting their past events had featured justices thomas and scalia. when we raised those questions, the court put out an official statement saying they spoke as a federalist dinner sponsored by t...