lawmakers to get it done by christmas. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> nice to have you back. >> good to be back, my friend. >> couple days off. nothing happened while you're gone. >> nothing. nothing ever does. >> it's 4:00 a.m. in the east, it's 11:00 a.m. in zimbabwe where the president there is under house arrest. let's start here, after weeks of saying senate republicans decided to revisit the healthcare debate. released tuesday, the bill features a repeal of obamacare's requirement that all americans carry health insurance or pay a fine. the individual mandate. republicans on the senate finance committee voted unanimously to scrap that individual mandate. >> now, conservatives in the house are lobbying their leaders to add individual mandate repeal to the house republican tax bill. the house begins debate on that bill today with vote on the sweeping overhaul the tax code scheduled for tomorrow. here is cnn's phil mattingly