certainly likes it. let s suppose the senate changes hands. i think we both realize, in order for this to happen, the compact to be approved, the senate would have to turn to a republican majority and put harry reid in the back of the room instead of controlling the calendar. does the president have to sign or sign off on the compact for it to be respected? there is some dispute on that actually. most of the compacts are a legislative branch only. this has the dollars. it block grants all those dollars. medicare, medicaid, s-chip, and all the obamacare dollars back to the states, and says to them, you design your own system. we ll have to work that out in the process of it. for me, it s important for me to get it out early and to say to states, we do trust you to be able to make these decisions. states already do medicaid. a lot of people don t know that. medicaid is already run by the state. there s already a health care authority in every state. this would just give that state grea
suppose the september changes hands. we both realize in order for this to happen the senate would have to turn to a republican majority and put harry reid in the back of the room instead of controlling the cal epar. and does the president have to sign off on the compact for it to be respected. this is a dispute. there are federal dollars connected. most compacts are a legislative branch. medicare and medicaid and all obama dollars back to the state and said design your own system. we ll have to work that out. for me it is important to get it out early and say to states, we trust you to make the decision. they do medicaid and a lot of people don t know it. it is run by the states and health care authority in every state. this would give that state greater flexibility to take care of a larger group of people. and if anyone said the states
suppose the september changes hands. we both realize in order for this to happen the senate would have to turn to a republican majority and put harry reid in the back of the room instead of controlling the cal epar. and does the president have to sign off on the compact for it to be respected. this is a dispute. there are federal dollars connected. most compacts are a legislative branch. medicare and medicaid and all obama dollars back to the state and said design your own system. we ll have to work that out. for me it is important to get it out early and say to states, we trust you to make the decision. they do medicaid and a lot of people don t know it. it is run by the states and health care authority in every state. this would give that state greater flexibility to take care of a larger group of people. and if anyone said the states can t do better than the federal
suppose the september changes hands. we both realize in order for this to happen the senate would have to turn to a republican majority and put harry reid in the back of the room instead of controlling the cal epar. and does the president have to sign off on the compact for it to be respected. this is a dispute. there are federal dollars connected. most compacts are a legislative branch. medicare and medicaid and all obama dollars back to the state and said design your own system. we ll have to work that out. for me important to get it out early and say to states, we trust you to make the decision. they do medicaid and a lot of people don t know it. it is run by the states and health care authority in every state. this would give that state greater flexibility to take care of a larger group of people. and if anyone said the states
whether it s filling the potholes or responding well responding well to disasters, look at the tabloids in new york this week after the decision to keep the schools open. let them eat snow. the head of the schools saying it s a beautiful day. there s a price to be paid and big debate about safety and the right call to make when it comes to these storms. as julie said this does affect everyone. i think the debate we re having even around this table is about our domestic politics. i think most republicans feel that we could cut off both our arms, both our legs, do everything we can do in this country, hamstring our economy and we still might not make a dent in the problem which i think we all agree on. i think most republicans do acknowledge global warming is real and happening. i think in some ways you cartoon the party by suggesting we don t acknowledge it s real and happening. during the bush years, you covered president bush, there were global compacts that the