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Here. these are the districts that just look competitive. republican-held districts where the democrats have made it competitive. and remember, if they took care of business in the ones where they re favored now, that would lead them, their magic number, to about eight. what you ve got here are about 50 districts around the country, republican-held. democrats are in some way or another in the game in these districts. some of them like montana might be a little bit more of a stretch. but i ll give you another example. if i could turn the pen off i ll give you a perfect example. right here outside of chicago, suburban district, peter roscom republican incumbent, poll came out another day, roscum s down two points. bottom line once you get to this tier, this giant battlefield here, the democrats if they re winning the ones where they re favored, they only need to get about 20% of these and that would give them house control. that s not automatic. they still have to get those seats. maybe ....
Right here outside of chicago, suburban district, peter roscom republican incumbent, poll came out another day, roscum s down two points. bottom line once you get to this tier, this giant battlefield here, the democrats if they re winning the ones where they re favored, they only need to get about 20% of these and that would give them house control. that s not automatic. they still have to get those seats. maybe republicans run the table, hold the democrats off. but you just look at that map. you see that the democrats so many different possible combinations would get the democrats there. that s why we look at this now, we say hey, it could happen. the republicans could hang on. just like trump was able to find the magic combination two years ago. but if you look at the odds on, this that s why the odds are saying the democrats are favored. teef, thank you for the numbers. thank you for the long hours you re working. it ain t nothing compared to what s going to go on in this room s ....
Republicans in order to get major tax reform across the finish line. and you look at the numbers here, molly. they don t line up because, well, there aren t any at the moment. questions asking, when does the real, real arrive? is this the real real? the real real afshs after you have these hearings. that s one thing the ways and means committee is going to start doing in may. as soon as next week and the week after. i think they re starting off with this idea. they re starting off with hearings on this border adjustment tax, the b.a.t., that could be a way to pay for some tax proposal. we ll hear from experts on both sides of the issue. there s a lot of republicans who are skeptical that that would be a good way to pay for it. but it s something that speaker ryan favors. it seems like it s dead on arrival in the senate, however like roscum said, now is the time to open this up, have hearings, let it all air out before they get something on ....
The right lessons, to rise above partisanship, and to reach for statesmanship. that s what i tried to do every day as secretary of state, and it s what i hope we will all strive for here today and into the future. thank you. thank you, madam secretary. i did not cut off your opening at all. nor would i think about doing so because the subject matter is critically important, and you deserve to be heard. i would just simply note that and i don t plan on cutting off any of your answers. our members have questions that we believe are worthy of being answered. so i would just simply note that we do plan to ask all of the questions, and whatever precision and concis sch schlco be much appreciated. and with that, mr. roscum. ....
Off the information we had that was he claimed responsibility and at that point i did say that it was a an al qaeda related group madam secretary, look at the difference in the statements. one said wasn t attack and the other says was a well-planned attack. they could not be further apart. they could not be. that s what i m having a hard time figuring out and you know what is interesting, 9/14/12, 9/14/12. you know what else happened on september 14th? that s the same day ben roads drafted his memo to under score these protest are rooted in an internet video, not a broader failure of policy because we couldn t have libya, your baby, as mr. roscum pointed out, we ....