from the most recommended sonic toothbrush brand by dental professionals. switch to philips sonicare today. philips sonicare. save when you buy now. welcome back. tonight i m obsessed with the secrecy surrounding the effort by senate republicans to put together a health care bill that s intended to replace obamacare. here is what i m talking about. this is a recent headline. senate gop won t release draft health care bill. story went on to say they don t want democrats picking apart the bill before it goes to the floor. since most bills are subject of public debate, not surprising to hear criticism of a bill written and debated in private. the law written behind closed doors in harry reid s office. it was done with the white house in a small room of a few senators. later, worked behind closed
all along. we ve been working on border security all along. we ve been working on rebuilding the military all along. been working on dodd-frank legislation. all of these things at the same time and now we sequence when we bring the bill through congress. the when there is concern in white house about the ability to muster republican votes. we have talked for this before. democrats often seem more united legislatively to get things through. you have said it s the will of the house but you re not the house speaker who cracks the whip like nancy pelosi did or some other previous house speaker s to get votes across te finish line. you saw how tough health care was. are you going to get tax reform through? i like the process because it s more collaborative. we invite more people to participate in the processes have just obamacare was a bill written in harry reid s office on christmas eve of 2009.
all along. we ve been working on border security all along. we ve been working on rebuilding the military all along. been working on dodd-frank legislation. all of these things at the same time and now we sequence when we bring the bill through congress. the when there is concern in white house about the ability to muster republican votes. we have talked for this before. democrats often seem more united legislatively to get things through. you have said it s the will of the house but you re not the house speaker who cracks the whip like nancy pelosi did or some other previous house speaker s to get votes across te finish line. you saw how tough health care was. are you going to get tax reform through? i like the process because it s more collaborative. we invite more people to participate in the processes have just obamacare was a bill written in harry reid s office on christmas eve of 2009.
if there is a rule, if there is a minimum wage, pay the minimum wage. it may be that you think they are exploitative in terms of their employees. i don t know how you change the rules for one person or one employer. bret: other thing that s clear the council exempted big grocery stores. this is a union fight and it s not new. as i said for years people have aimed their fire at wal-mart and their tactics bringing in goods from overseas and being a nonunion shop. bret: charles? it clearly is a bill excuse me, written entirely to penalize wal-mart because it allows the previous big box stores to go along with their practices. it s almost like a bill of retainer. it s a bill written against one entity which is unconstitutional in the first place. this is a regrasping, unbelievably stupid piece of legislation. these stores would be in the poorest parts of d.c. it would give people access to affordable goods and
regulation, in terms of just pure politics, that is good for them and republicans are going to try very hard to make some changes to this sweeping piece of legislation that deals with banks and rules for wall street and would create a new consumer protection agency. so it s policy and politics and certainly been dominating things in the last few days and probably within a three-week window is when they hope to get this done. jeff? during a visit to illinois, president obama said that he s really to roll-up his sleeves with this, but not with lobbyists. take a listen. i want to listen to anyone, republican or democrat, who wants to reform these. but what don t want is a deal made written by the financial industry lobbyists. i don t want democrats and republicans i want a bill written for you. for the american people. kelly, i guess the question