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For that. i don't see any reason to think that's going to change in the next 11 months. >> i want to call your attention, all of you, call your attention to this part of the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll that caught our eye as well. it found nearly two-thirds of all of those polled believe that the gop tax plan is designed mostly to help corporations and the wealthy. lonnie, in passing this bill, does your party lose the ability to continue to run on this populous platform that the president used to deliver the white house? >> well, i'd say, craig, in some ways the party's always been co...

There's still a few holes we have to plug to make sure we have a nice positive statement for everybody on this. but the -- >> there are -- >> and the one other i did want to point cut. >> go ahead. >> the most important point is we don't want to delay corporate rate reductions. we delayed that in 1981 and '82 and had a recession -- >> let me ask you about -- >> and '83, we took off like a rocketship right when they kicked in. >> let me ask you with these corporate rate deductions, congressman, because there's been a lot of talk that reducing the corporate tax rate significantly is going to be ...

Middle income families are going to see drastic rate reductions in their taxes. they are going to see the doubling of the standard reduction. you don't have to get assistanc assistance, there is so much we are trying to do to help middle income hard working families. small businesses will and joe dulac enjoy the lowest rates in 50 years. >> harris: there are a couple of things i want to get to, one has to do with the debt. you hear certain senators calling themselves deficit hawks. i wonder where you put that argument when you add a trillion and a half dollars to the debt. you say what? >> we ...

That corporate tax cut real, so that, basically, the individual rate reductions would expire but the corporate tax rate, they can go back to their donors and say, we're giving you something tangible. we would make this permanent. but in terms of the politics of it, look where the tax bill was before they decided to embark on the gambit. a lot of people already view it as being for the rich, being for businesses. >> profile and courage once again, willie geist. >> jeremy, what's your reporting on this? >> heidi is exactly right. it's donor driven. you go out into congressional town halls, you t...

Kill the bill. >> on the senate side, orrin hatch rolled out changes to the dropped individual and 32%. >> these rate reductions along with the additional expansion of the child tax credit will let us channel even more tax relief to the middle class. >> the lower individual rates would end after ten years. the corporate tax lowered from 35% to 20% would be permanent. no deductions for settlement, payout or attorney fees related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if the payments are subject to a nondisclosure agreement. >> asking us to read a 100 page >> asking us to read a 100 page document ...