In a discotecha or in a nightclub or on a yacht. And all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes with the passage today of the republican tax bill, the partys Central Economic message over the past nine years has been definitively exposed for what it really was all along. Sheer, aggressively cynical, bad faith. The next time a republican tells you the deficit is their number one priority, you will know ahead of time they are lying about that. Taking a victory lap outside the white house this afternoon, republicans celebrated their single big legislative achievement this year, one they hope will keep them in power next fall. The president is already taking credit for boosting the economy into overdrive. Hasnt been done in 34 years, but actually really hasnt been done, because we broke every record. We have companies pouring back into our country, and that means jobs and it really means the formation of new, young, beautiful, strong companies. So thats going to be very, very important. I guess its very simple. When you think you havent heard this expression, but we are making America Great again. You havent heard that, have you . But in order to buy that claim that republicans are finally rescuing an economy thats been allowed to languish for years, you have to willfully ignore the entire past decade of history. Because this president would not be enjoying the favorable conditions hes taking credit for now, if it werent for the extraordinary steps taken by his predecessors, president barack obama. Steps that were, of course, blocked and undermined at every turn by republicans in congress. Unlike the current president , barack obama took over the country from a republican president who had overseen on his watch the single worst financial crisis in 70 years. A catastrophe so dire it could have spiralled into a global depression, costing years of grinding stagnation and lost Economic Growth. It did not, however, because, well, the new administration, in spite of broad republican obstruction, managed to pass a massive stimulus bill. Do you remember that . And heres the thing about that stimulus bill. It included substantial tax cuts for middle class and working class families. For most people, listen to this, the bottom three fifths of earners, those tax cuts that were in the muchhated stimulus were bigger than what is in the current republican bill that got passed today. And yet, just three republicans in the entire congress voted for that piece of legislation. And one of them would switch parties just a couple months later. Under president obama, Economic Growth went from negative 6. 7 in the First Quarter of 2009, negative 6. 7, to 3. 8 in the final quarter of that year. Thats better, by the way, than the most recent quarter under President Trump with the economy supposedly booming. In the face of massive republican resistance, democrats went on to reregulate the big banks to help prevent another crisis. They also overhauled the health care system, allowing 20 Million People to gain insurance. All these measures were flawed, to be sure, sometimes deeply so. But they made an enormous cumulative impact on the stability of the economy. Then republicans took over the house after that 2010 midterm whooping and everything stopped. Suddenly, we had problems more pressing than economic recovery. Were broke. We need to stop the out of control spending history thats going on in washington, d. C. We face a crushing burden of debt. The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy and grow to catastrophic levels in the years ahead. After years of discussions and months of negotiations, i have little question that as long as this president is in the oval office, a real solution is probably unattainable. In the name of fiscal austerity, republicans pushed to slash Public Sector jobs, freeze large portions of the federal government. In a staggering act of recklessness, they played around with the nations debt limit, threatening a cataclysmic default by threatening the full faith and credit of the United States. If we dont make structural changes, if we dont actually send the message to the markets, to the people, to businesses that were going to be fiscally responsible, then, yeah, i wont vote to raise the debt ceiling. I have no difficulty doing that. I think its important that that message does get out. And if this is the opportunity we have to force a discussion on that, then i say we take it. The gops singleminded mono maniacal obsession with debt and growth cost jobs and real income for real people across the country. That obsession cut the recovery off at the knees just as it was starting to pick up speed and then republicans turned around and blamd it on president obama. Once they took control of washington, magically, amazingly, all of those concerns about fiscal responsibility, all our grandmother, the long, weeping monologues about the debt, they all went out the window. They didnt even wait for a full analysis of their tax proposal, ramming through a bill that adds 1. 4 trillion to the deficit. As Mick Mulvaney told fox news this fall, quote, we need to have deficits, new ones. The old ones were bad, the new ones are good. One gop lawmaker was surprisingly direct about their aboutface on fiscal matters. I love this quote, because it says it all. Its a great talking point when you have an administration thats democratled. Its a little different now that republicans in both houses in the administration. Without concerns about the debt holding them back, which theyre probably right on that, republicans were free to funnel billions of dollars to their donors, futue heirs, and into their own pockets. It will be an Incredible Christmas gift for hardworking americans. I said i wanted to have it done before christmas. We got it done. I want to thank all of the leaders. Senator Elizabeth Warren is a democrat from massachusetts, a member of the Senate Banking committee. Senator, the story youre getting from the white house today and republican members of congress are happy days are here again. Weve turned it all around. The doldrumses are gone and this is an early Christmas Gift to the american people. What say you to that . I say it is an early Christmas Gift to billionaires and to executives for giant corporations that donald trump and the republicans just delivered this giant present for them to be paid for by hardworking families all across this country. You know, there is all these announcements today, from a bunch of big fortune 500 companies, including comcast, that owns this network, and wells fargo, the somewhatinfamous bank, among others, who said in celebration, in gratitude, or because were getting a huge tax cut, we are going to give our employees some bonuses. Were going to increase capital investment. And republicans are touting that and saying, look, this is exactly what we wanted. This is trickledown working in realtime. Yeah, look, i want to be absolutely clear. I am delighted when workers get more money. Im glad when it happens at any corporation in america. Yay. But lets be really clear. If these corporations had wanted to do that, they already had plenty of profits to do it. The idea that this is trickledown economics at work, rather than just plainold politics is just wrong. The corporate ceos have already told us what theyre going to do with this money. Ill give you an example. Home depot, right after the Senate Passed the tax bill a couple of weeks ago, home depot ceo is executive is interviewed and said, so, what are you going to do with all of this money that home depot has . Because theyre going to do really well on this. Was it, were going to raise wages for our employees . Um, no. Was it, were going to hire more employees at the Home Depot Stores . Um, no. Was it, were going to build more home depots across america . Um, no. They said what were going to do is were going to do stock buybacks. In other words, were going to use whatever money comes in to pump up the price of our stock. That works really well for ceos, that works really well for wealthy investors. Thats what the game is about for these guys, what they care about is getting this money in so they can boost their stocks. So since theyre paying for that aries, thats the part that really hurts. Whats your reaction as you sit there, was strenuous in opposing it, like the unanimously, it was opposed in your caucus, and watching the sort of celebration and the awards being offered to donald trump for his stewardship and leadership. Ive got to tell you on this, to me, when i watched it, it had a little bit of the quality of whistling past the graveyard. This tax bill is deeply unpopular. And not just unpopular with democrats, this one is unpopular across the country. With democrats, with republicans, with independents. And donald trump and the Republican Leadership can get out there and try to spin it however they want, but the reality is, americans understand that the republicans wrote this bill, to pay off their biggest donors. They understand that this is a bill that helps the rich and the powerful get richer and even more powerful. And heres the part thats really going to drive it home. Donald trump announced during all this celebration that he had effectively repealed the Affordable Care act. Well, lets keep in mind, effectively repealing the Affordable Care act, thats one more punch in the gun to hardworking families. We know that one of the effects of this tax bill will drive up the cost of Health Insurance for millions of people across this country. I mean, i really want to understand here how Many Americans have been clamoring to say, hey, listen, drive up the cost of my Health Insurance, so that you can do a big giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations. Thats not where america is. Hardworking families in this country, they just want a chance to try to build something and this tax bill that the republicans have driven forward, even when their constituents were telling them, this doesnt work for me, they just kept driving it, just kept driving it. Because they were so determined to deliver for their donors, because washington is a place that is so determined to deliver for the rich and the powerful, and frankly, leave everybody else behind. One example of that is the infamous carried interest loophole, which allows folks that work in, say, private equity, to pay a lower effective rate than janitors and teachers and firefighters and just middle class folks. That donald trump said he was going to get rid of it. Gary cohn said, we tried, we tried, we tried. Numerous republicans have rubbed their furrowed brow and said, man, we tried, we didnt get it done. Why didnt they get it done. Excuse me, they tried but couldnt get it done . Lets be completely clear here. They went behind closed doors, locked out the democrats, would not talk about this with democrats, and they horse traded among themselves and among their donors. And at the end of the day, they walked out with a package that they could sign off on and their big donors could sign off on. And i dont care how many sympathetic faces they make, thats what the process was all about. It is the ultimate view into exactly what is wrong with washington. A washington that works well for those who can spend a zillion dollars on campaign contributions, hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers, a washington thats just not working for the rest of america. Senator Elizabeth Warren, thanks for your time tonight. Thank you. For more on the republicans tax bill, lets bring in josh marshal, editor and publisher of talking point memo and lonnie chen. Lets start with you. I have a contrarian take, today, when you watch all the members of the congress up in that rose garden ceremony with the president , or it was in the back of the white house, the Republican Party is actually unified. The trump agenda is the republican agenda is the conservative agenda. That theyre all that theres not a big amount of distance. That Lisa Murkowski and donald trump and everyone are all of the same ilk. And today was a day that they put into place what is the trump agenda, the conservative agenda, and the republican agenda. Yeah, chris, this is the most unified youve seen the Republican Party since Donald Trump Took Office and i think its a fair observation that you had Lisa Murkowski, tim scott, donald trump, mike pence, people who havent always agreed in the same place. And i also think that this tax plan, part of the reason why is what we saw out of this tax plan is very similar to what we would have seen with a president jeb bush or president marco rubio. Its the same set of policies with respect to both the corporate and individual side of the tax code. And this, i think, is an important point for the politics of it. Which is, theres so much, you know, emphasis on bob corker, said this about President Trump and jeff flake said this, but ultimately, this kind of big Corporate Tax cut, a tax cut that wealthy folks are going to do quite well on, some tax relief in the middle of the income bracket, this is sort of the defining agenda of what this party is, if people like it, they should vote for it. If they dont, they should vote against it. Thats right. This is not some crazy idea that donald trump came up with. This is the difference is the chaotic nature of how it all came out. And that has a lot to do with kind of everything thats happened over the course of this year, the failure over obamacare, all these different factors. But the fundamental is, yeah, this is basically, this is exactly right. This is what rubio would have done, what jeb would have done, but i do think there are some key differences that i think they will end up paying a political price for. There are key aspects theres a lot in this bill that is basically meant to be an attack on states that lean democratic, that also are states that tend to have more generous social safety nets and higher taxes. And higher taxes. So that is going to be a big thing. I think thats going to have big political i mean, it has big economic effects, but it will also have big political effects. And there was a sort of looting aspect to how this came down that they were so desperate to get this done and that had a lot to do with just the chaos and the craziness of this year of trump that it was just like, you know, kind of you know, in trading places when theyre down on the commodities floor well, youve got the llcs got protected, the real estate, the oil pipelines. Lonnie, do you agree that today is sort of i felt this way many times observing american politics. I remember paul ryan pushing for Medicare Part d, which wasnt paid for, that we cant at least definitively put aside deficits as a talking point. Like, they dont matter. The republicans are, i think, right about that substantively. But we should just not listen to anyone who votes for this bill, that talks about deficits. Yeah, you know, fiscal responsibility was so 1990s, chris. I dont even know why it is were even talking about that anymore. Because the reality is that both republicans and democrats have completely tossed aside any notion that it matters. It could be the case next year that the agenda republicans pursue is more closely in line with the kinds of reforms that have been talked about for very long time. Whether its reform of medicare and medicaid or looking at Social Security, i mean, those are things President Trump has pledged hes not going to touch. But unless you go there, fiscal responsibility in my mind is just a talking point and nothing more. Right. And the other thing is i want to defend the democrats a little here. Yeah, please. Because if you look at theres a question of how much we should care about deficits, but a huge amount of what happened with the obamacare legislation was finding ways to to pay for it. To pay for it. As opposed, i will say, to this day, no one remembers Medicare Part d, but i remember covering this thing yeah, lets just do it. Was this crazily expensive thing that we couldnt pay for at all. You could argue that that is political defensiveness there, but i think objectively speaking, how the Affordable Care act was passed, there was a huge amount of emphasis on making sure it was paid for. So there is a difference there. I also think if you go to i mean, you see them already laying the predicate for, as lanhee said, medicare and Social Security, that strikes me as extremely politically dangerous when theyre already down 15 on the congressional ballot. Yeah, that is clearly what they want to do. It is what i and a lot of other rightthinking people are afraid theyre going to do. But starting off with your president at 35 approval and at least tenpointdowns in the generic ballot, going into a Midterm Election and saying, all right, our agenda this year, were going to cut Social Security and medicare pip mean, if you want to just like bottom out and maybe have no republicans but if they have the courage and convictions to be able to do, Josh Marshall and lanhee chen, thank you both. Today, Congress Fails to renew the program that ensures children, 9 million children, the beginning of trumpcare in two minutes. As the president and republicans gathered to celebrate the tax cut bill, as they grinned and applauded themselves for what the president called an historic achievement, parents around the country panicked, wondering if their children will now lose that you are Health Insurance. Thats because congress has still not reauthorized funding for c. H. I. P. , which expired on october 1st, and the program which provides 9 million kids with lowcost Health Coverage is now running out of money. This week, alabama announced it will stop enrolling kids in the program on january 1st. And unless congress acts, the state says it will be forced to close c. H. I. P. For all 84,000 children it covers on february 1st. And its not just alabama. A new report finds that 20 states will run short of money to fund chip in the French Quarter of 2018, leaving hundreds of families facing horrific choices. Realistically, we would probably have to go on food stamps, so we could pay our medical bills. Im joined by andy slavitt who oversaw c. H. I. P. For president obama. Why is this happening, andy . Well, i think the republicans took a gamble back in september that they could put repeal of the aca first, ahead of chip. They essentially went pens down. And then they went pens down further when they decided to go for a tax cut instead. They found i think they assumed, probably, that they would somehow have time to be able to get this done this year. They played with fire and as the families you just showed, there are people getting burned now. And i think they made a horrible mistake. They are now saying theyre just going to go home for the holidays and this is sending real disruption through i mean, what are the stakes here for the recipients of this program, as theyre getting these letters and phone calls saying, well, they may all run out. Well, lets think about who these people are. We have families that are above the poverty level. Theyre all working families. Theyre paying for their insurance. This is private insurance. This is historically not an ideological thing. You have 9 million kids who rely on this program. And im hearing from a number of them who are panicking. They are not going to have a good christmas. I think this has long been a bipartisan issue. Its one that both republicans and democrats have been able to share credit for. I think that will no longer be the case. I think its now clear that when republicans say we will only pass c. H. I. P. If you pay a big price, they are clearly saying, were okay if it expires. And i think weve got theres going to be damage done to families and i think damage done to the people who would make this a priority. Something else enormous happened today, which is the repeal of the individual mandate, which the president bragged about today. Take a listen. So in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed obamacare and well come up with something that will be much better. We didnt want to bring it up. I told people specifically, be quiet with the fake news media, because i dont want them talking too much about it. What does it mean i mean, today is in some sense the first day of trumpcare, essentially. What is trumpcare going to look like . Well, look, i think the fact that premiums are going to go up quite significantly now, directly as a result of the actions that republicans took today means in effect that they do own it. And they own the cost of insurance now for americans. I think thats been the case for some time. And its even more clear today. But theres Something Else that happened, chris, which i think is very interesting. Every part of the aca polls extremely well with the American Public. Protecting preexisting conditions, making sure lifetime limits are gone. All of it polls extremely well, except for the individual mandate. Now thats gone. And republicans have now taken a bill thats been growing in popularity with the American Public and taken away the only part of it the people didnt like. We have now what i believe will be an enormously popular bill that people will, i think, want to hold on to, this law, and yet you have the Trump Administration who they see very clearly driving up the cost of. So what does that equal, though . It seems really unsustainable. I feel like the worstcase scenario is a sloppily and poorly administered program that delivers bad outcomes for people, but with no actual change. Well, actually, its going to be better than that. Heres whats going to happen. If people make up to 80,000 or so a year or 400 of the poverty level, theyre protected from trump shenanigans. Theyll have all the protections they have, theyll have affordable coverage. The millions of people that are protected through medicaid and medicaid expansion, theyll be fine. Theyll be great. What the trump team did is they basically raised premiums on people who earn more than 80,000 or so a year, and thats obviously not a good thing. They own that. But the aca is actually quite durable and quite resilient. So for the millions of people that it serves well, it will continue to serve them well. The people who it doesnt serve them well, they dont get the subsidies, theyre already ticked off about the law and now it just got worse. And they are an angry group and congress and the white house will hear from them. Andy slavitt, thanks for joining us. Thats right. So why is the head of the epa installing biometric locks . A checkin on scott pruitt after this break. When youve got. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea heres pepto bismol ah. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea before donald trump put him in charge of the epa, Scott Pruitts defining feature was being an enemy of the epa. Its right there in his linkedin page which still, to this day, describes pruitt, right now, as a leading advocate against the epas activist agenda. Hes made a career of questioning climate science, doing the bidding of oil and gas agencies, and now that hes in charge of the agency tasked with protecting the environment, hes very much acting like a man behind enemy lines, with all the paranoia that entails. No epa administrator has ever had a 24 7 security detail, until scott pruitt, who has reportedly hired a dozen, thats 12, new agents to protect him, bringing his personal security detail to a whopping 30 people at a cost of at least 2 million per year. The ap reports that pruitt used public money to have his office swept for hidden listening devices and bought sophisticated biometric locks for additional security. And the epa spent nearly 25,000 to build a soundproof Communications Booth for pruitts office, prompting the epa Inspector General to open up an investigation. Pruitt has also embarked on something of an ideological purge of his own agency after three staffers raised concerns about the epas direction, the New York Times reported requests were submitted for academies of emails written by them that mentioned either pruitt or President Trump. With the requests coming from a Republican CampaignResearch Group that specializes in helping them find damaging information on political rivals. The Trump Administration is full of people who are effectively waging war on the government they run. Including Rex Tillerson who has made a mission of hollowing out the state department. And just yesterday, the president s son, donald trump jr. , claimed top government officials are conspiring against his father. There is, and there are, people at the highest levels of government that dont want to let america be america. When we come back, ill speak to Maxine Waters about another trump camp war. Dont go what e. This afternoon, the top democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, mark warner, took the senate floor to warn President Trump directly what will happen if he fired special Counsel Robert Mueller or others involved in the russia investigation. Firing mr. Mueller or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administrations commitment to the truth, but also to our most basic concept rule of law. It also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis. In the United States of america, no one, no one is above the law. Not even the president. With me now, congressman maxine water, democrat of california. Congresswoman, between mark warners warning today and your colleague, Jackie Speier said something on tv the other day about a rumor that the president was going to fire mueller, i cant quite get what information you in congress may have that we dont have, but is there a palpable sense of fear among you and your colleagues that Something Like that is going to happen as soon as congress leaves for recess . Oh, yes, we are concerned about this buildup that we see. Weve been watching what theyre doing on fox news, how each day, theyre adding to the conversation about whether or not hes being fair to trump. And whether or not someone who served on his staff has made comments about trump that are unreasonable. And so we can see the buildup. And obviously, theres a strategy to undermine and to discredit the special counsel. And so we are on alert. And were prepared for any firing or any actions that would remove him from this investigation. And we plan to deal with it. What does that mean . What can you do . Youre in the minority. Well, we are, but the citizens of this country will recognize that something is very wrong with firing the special counsel in the middle of this investigation. What is this president has to hide . Why is it theyre so determined to stop him. Why are they trying so hard to discredit him . I think its not so much the members of congress, but the citizens of this country will respond. Would you also draw a red line at the firing or any removal of the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosenstein, which in some ways is a more controversial figure among democrats than Robert Mueller has proven to be. I think any action thats taken by this president to impede or interfere with this investigation will not be received very well by the members of congress or by the citizens of this country. So the firing of rosenstein, the firing of special counsel mueller, any of that is going to get a reaction, because we know that this is the worst way that this president can use his power to undermine the rule of law. It is unusual, it is extraordinary, and we just believe that we cannot allow this kind of constitutional crisis to take place without responding to it. Can you imagine democrats coming back to washington, d. C. Physically, what would you do if youre home in los angeles in your district, and the president did something you felt threatened rule of law, crossed a line . Would you come back to washington, d. C. . I dont know, because we have not had that conversation, but i certainly would get on a plane and come back. And i think a lot of other members would. As a matter of fact, i think youre going to see a high level of support from members of congress tomorrow. There will be a press Conference Tomorrow at 12 30, where members are going to unleash information about the kind of support that has been gathered for the special counsel. So yes, we would be prepared to do what we have to do. And i, for one, certainly would come back to washington. Theres also another individual thats come in for a lot of criticism, and seemed to be targeted by trey gowdy, Andrew Mccabe, the number two at the fbi. Hes someone whos been the subject of a lot of Critical Coverage from trump tv and other allied media. Do you get what theyre doing. He was today testifying before the house intelligence committee. Trey gowdy had floated the idea he was going to get fired before hand. Do you get what theyre up to with Andrew Mccabe . No, i really dont. I just have no idea. But what we know is this. We know that the president of the United States has basically drawn a red line. And he talked about, if this special counsel interferes with information about his private life in terms of his finances, that he has implied that he would fire him. Sol we dont know everything thats in this morose, except to know that they are trying to stop this investigation. This president does not want it to go forward and we cannot help but ask why. What is he afraid of . If he has not been involved in conclusion. If he has not been involved in obstruction of justice, if he has not been involved in money laundering, if he doesnt have a plot to lift the sanctions, working with the kremlin and the oligarchs of russia, what is he afraid of . And why is he going to such lengths to try and discredit the special counsel . Congresswoman Maxine Waters, thanks for being with me tonight. Still ahead, republicans passed the deeply unpopular tax bill and democraticalready laini them accountable. And tonights thing one, thing two, which ive been looking forward to all night, starts after this break. Thing one tonight, this much is certain, today was a great day for the koch family. The co the kochs really wanted this. Their Advocacy Group called this the most significant effort theyve ever taken on. But did you know, theres another lesserknown koch brother . Bill koch was ripped off spending 400,000 on a battle of bad grape use. Its bill kokhs son who has he merged as quite possibly the worlds most perfect poster child for the trump tax cut. My father said to me, wyatt, you can do whatever you want to in life, just make sure you do it well and you do it with passion. Hes a member of maralago, hes got his own shirt business and video you dont want to miss, white koch is thing two in 60 seconds. Wyatt koch, the son of billionaire bill koch, made headlines this week when the New York Post revealed hes suing his exfiance to get back the Engagement Ring which his lawyers claim is worth 250,000. That wyatt koch story broke yesterday, as republicans were jamming through a massive tax bill. As people started looking into him, it dawned on them that wyatt koch is basically the mascot for this trump tax bill. Not just because hes a maralago member, though he is. Wyatt koch has all the ingredients for an insane tax cut. Super wealthy and not relying on wealthy . Check. Stands to inherit a lot more wealth that wont be taxed . Check. Has an llc for his business, passthrough income that presumably drop his tax rate to 21 . Check. And what, you ask, is his business . Well, he designs and sells really interesting shirts, like this money bag shirt called the wall street, with the description, if the sign youre most compatible with is dollar, this shirt is for you. Every day i go to the office, i enjoy creating the clothes. Be bold to me means be authentic, be real, be yourself, be confident, and always be a gentlemen. As republicans try to sell a tax cut just 24 of americans approve of, now they have their poster child. They did it for wyatt. I want my shirts to be able to worn in the board room or in a discotecha or in a nightclub or on a yacht. When youre clocking out. Im the one clocking in. Sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. I can even help with a silent night. Does your bed do that . I dont actually talk, but i can tell you how you slept. Im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Lets meet at a sleep number store. My view of this, if we cant sell this to the american people, we ought to go into another line of work. It requires us continuing this discussion with the american people, and were all going to be doing that, all through the year. Theres one thing everyone in washington agrees on today. If theres anything republicans should be judged on next year, its the tax bill they passed today. Democrats think they have the advantage and the data suggests they might be right. Even though a new nbc poll shows that americans by a 2to1 margin believes that Donald Trumps approach has made the economy better than worse, which is a favor which is in his favor, voters still prefer democrats to republicans on which party better handles the economy. The first democratic lead on that question since 2013, the largest since 2009. The president s ratings overall remain at historic lows, including a 35 Approval Rating today, according to gallup, leading one republican pollster to tell nbc, quote, our president is getting credit for the economy improving and not deriving political value from it. All right, the generic congressional ballot suggests republicans could come in for a shellacking next year. Democrats are ahead by more than five points by that measure. An analysis analysis from the Tax Policy Center this week found by 2027, 83 of the bills benefits go to the top 1 . Democrats are already hitting republican lawmakers for giving themselves a big tax cut through the tax bill they wrote. Challenger to paul ryan calling out speaker for passing a law to give him huge gains. That bill for democrats after the break. Trump is going to benefit from this. Paul ryan, lot of members of congress will benefit from this. People who arent are people like us. Randy bryce, wisconsin iron worker running for speaker ryans seat next year. He and other democrats working out. Penning them as more concerned with the ultra rich. Cornel, start with you on polling here. This has not polled well. To say the least. Worst of any tax cut ever. And in line with that, interesting from cross tabs at nbc today, 28 of rural americans and 29 of whites without a college degree, key parts of trumps base say its good idea. Is that a bottom they can turn around with salesmanship . I think its real tough. I also dont think that fundamentally this is the reason they voted for donald trump. Right . I think what we can do with had a is going on right now, put an end to this narrative about donald trump, ridiculous and lazy narrative of donald trump being a populist. Uncomfortable conversation about nationalism makes us lean on populism but donald trump didnt win because of economics but nationalism. If we think going to win those voters over on economics, i dont think its true. This is a variable that helps democrats make economic case against republicans in 2018, but i will say this, if we look at those red places that democrats need to win house seats and going into 2018, think we need more than just the economics arguments. Chris, i was watching your show when tuesday night when i thought that jones was going to win, thats when i saw the question in exit polling about values, which candidate represents your values. Republican didnt have advantage there in alabama, i knew would be a good night for jones. Economics piece helped but when you look at where the voters are on fundamental values, democrats still need an argument in that place. And when the aca was passed in early 2010, became a rallying cry for activist class of the Republican Party. To them symbolized this had been done against their opposition and they were angry and focused on it. What role does this legislation play for activists of the Democratic Party . Folks youre attached to at move on. Absolutely. Before this bill passed could characterize this moment in the country resistance, raging bonfire of energy, dedication and resolve. And all this bill did was pour more gasoline on the bonfire. Might expect them to be defeated but theyre ready to go. Not just resist but win in 2018. If anything this is increasing intensity youre going to see for people to knock on doors, make phone calls, bring friends to the polls. Interesting about the period weve come through, crazy moment of assaults on so many fronts, underreported how intensity people were fighting back. Move on alone made 25,000 phone calls last two months to members of the congress, thousands of events around the country. That energy is going straight into resisting and winning in 2018, where its go. Corridor of the northeast, enough republicans that could loose, flip the house right . But in a broader standpoint, this is one piece of the fundamental pillar of the republican brand has been taxes americans now trust democrats more dealing with taxes . If i were rnc, i would hit the panic button. Follow up on daca and Energy Produced by the moment. What will happen if democrats cave on daca. Republicans are doing most obscene offensive disastrous things possible for the country. Prioritizing handouts to wealthy donors over the health of tonight trump is russia and a powerful u. S. Senator warning the president not to fire Robert Mueller. In the meantime the attack on u. S. Institutions continues including a new report on an effort by House Republicans to secretly investigate doj and the fbi. Plus tax reform accomplished but not so fast on congress leaving town. Their remaining work includes avoiding a shutdown. And the sheer amount of time devoted today to those around the president to praising the president in the style of the dear leader, as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday