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That, including the votes of at least five republicans. suddenly, that is looking a bit if a. jake tapper, host of "the lead" joining me now. ia know, jake, we talked about this before. this time, it's actually senate republicans, not the -- we'll call them feisty house republicans who have been playing hardball on this one. why is that? >> well, there are a lot of reasons for it. one of the main objections that some of the senate republicans have voiced has to do with the changes to retearee pay for veterans, which will be reduced through what advocates are calling reform, others are calling ...