this goes back to the recession and who is responsible and things are changing. the house passed the bill on thursday, the day comey was testifying. who was doing anything in d.c. on thursday? we, in the media and everyone in the city was watching comey. but, the thing is, it s unlikely to go forward in the senate in its form in the house. i mean, it s a mixed bill. you know, there is some good to it, some bad. the biggest thing is they want to let banks make the kind of risky investments, risky moves that did lead to the recession. it s fine if you want to let banks do that. the problem is, taxpayers had to bail them out. nobody wants to have to, you know, give more taxpayer money to too big to fail banks. we are not going to see this pass in the senate. it s interesting, they want to work with democratic colleagues on a financial reform bill.
got to say for not only the conservatives but a lot of republican members there, woody hayes, if he were a legislator talking about this bill he would say three things can happen and all three of them are bad. i agree with congressman mo brooks. the worst case scenario not only for conservatives and all republicans in the house today is that they come together and they pass this bill on thursday. if they do, i think it s going to cost them an awful lot of seats in 2018. by the way, republicans in the senate have pronounced it dead on arrival if they even pass it through the house. still ahead on morning joe, this morning we speak with two of the most steadfast critics rand paul and jim jordan. former homeland security chief jeh johnson will join us for an interview. first, bill karins with a check on the storms that hit the
manage to pass the house this week, how will it fare with the senate? it s set to bypass committees and go straight to the floors. predictions by key republican senators fate there mixed. john cornyn says should the house repeal the bill on thursday the senate will takes it up next week and approve it, he said, if they pass it, we ll pass it. other republicans not so sure, lisa murkowski said of the title schedule, wow, pretty progressive. senators already on record against the bill in his urnt form are tom cotton, mike lee and rand paul. republicans can afford to lose just two in the senate. another long grueling day of questioning on tap for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch who faced a ten-hour plus hearing by senators on tuesday with democrats vowing to maintain independence from president trump. list ton this exchange with
if obamacare measure manages to pals the house this week, how will it fare in the senate? it s set to bypass and go straight to the floor. senators fate indeed mixed. second ranking republican leader john cornyn said the house should repeal the house bill on thursday. the senate will take it up next week and approve it. he said if he pass it, we will pass it. but other senate republicans not so sure, alaska s lisa murkowski saying of the tight schedule, quote, pretty aggressive. senator mccaskey, a physician said he would goat against the bill. republicans can afford only two defections in the senate. all right, to help us break this down, let s get the latest from washington, cnn politics digital managing editor zach wolf joins us. good morning, zach. bottom line does the president have the pull here to get this over the goal line? we ll see. this is the first big
won by hillary clinton and who came on this show five days ago to defend his committee vote for the bill. today after the cbo scoring congressman lance says he does not want to vote for the bill because he expects it to fail. joining me now is republican congressman bill johnson of ohio, supporter of the health care bill who serves on the energy commerce committee as well as the budget committee which will be marki upthe bill on thursday. congressman, i want totart with simple stuff. do you know how man people in your district are on the exchanges? well, i can tell you how many people in my district, chris, are on medicaid expansion because you know medicaid expansion was a big part of what governor john kasich did. it s about 700,000 people in ohio that s on medicaid expansion and i m going to make dagon sure that those people are not thrown under the bus and the bill we ve got, the bill moving forward, that s not going to throw them under the bus. representative, do you know ho