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Breaking news. the house now planning to vote in a matter of hours on a repeal and replace of obamacare. as i'm reading the intro, he is already doing this, but just so he can stew. i want to go to you, matt. because i want to get your reaction now. still a long way to go. but is this the repeal conservatives were looking for? >> no, i don't think it's, you know, certainly not. in fact it doesn't really repeal obamacare. but i think it's a compromise bill. and just today we've seen this upton amendment which would add

Posted on its platforms. why they need real people to do this job. good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing in washington where we are following the breaking news. any minute now, president trump scheduled to walk out to the white house rose garden and he'll sign that controversial executive order on religious liberties. it will relax enforcement of rules barring tax exempt churches from participating in politics. it'll make it easier for religious leaders to support political candidates. then the hotly debated provision, aiming at making it easier for religious objectors to have health pla...

Gets a tough diagnosis in a state requested a waiver. that will be by definition a small population and sympathetic population. we want to make sure it is covered. >> it is not that thin. first of all, the number of people with pre-existing conditions. >> 7% of the population is in the individual market. the state would have to request awaiver? will they request a waiver? i don't know. i have had no governor contacts me and say tell me more about the waiver situation. >> that is not a great measure. governors said if you cut their money, which is what you will do, they will be forced if they c...

House republican moderates. good to see you, congressman. you're a yes, as i understand it, on this vote. it got posted at 8:00 last night. have you read it in full? >> read the bill? yeah. i read the america health car act. little over 163 pages. what was posted last night, i'm sure, was an amendment, the upton amendment. this is different than the monstrosity we know as the affordable care act. a lot of the statistics you threw up are reminiscent of some of the statistics offered when the affordable care act was passed. twice as many people would have coverage as they do now. and the average...

No cbo score, no new cbo score here, there has not been a public debate about this current bill, there's been little time to understand the latest amendment, the upton amendment, is there a danger here? >> oh, absolutely. by the way, i'm old enough to remember when virtually every conservative in america said that sort of thing. you have a substance program, political problem but this process problem you are ramming through a bill and no question about it you don't know what's in the text. >> so why do that? >> what's the thinking? no well, you know what, because i think the strategy is once y...