We are going to be looking to see if there are any tweaks of that before the rules committee on wednesday. There could be an amendment that could allow some state income tax to be deducted. Even proponents of that change say that it paul ryan can get to 218 votes without from, there is likely to be a change. About 20 House Republicans voted against the measure mainly because of the limits you talked about to state and local tax reductions. How much support you think that is going to get from House Republicans, and what about democrats . Looks like there are no democrats coming out to support this bill. What is the california delegation going to do . Most of them fell in line with the budget vote setting up the tax bill. Darrell issa has come out against the bill over this issue. Looking at others like tom mcclintock. So far, it has been the new york and new jersey delegations that have been leading this charge. I should mention that the margin is tight because there is a small group ca
And i was thrilled to put the pieces together to make this work. Honestly, anytime i can talk about medicaid and people actually listen for more than three minutes is great, and especially when i get to talk to a group of folks for whom this really does matter and who can make a very important difference in the things were talking about. So, i guess the question or the title of the session was, medicaid, did it survive repeal and replace . Is that what we are going with . I guess the short answer is, yes, and do questions and answers now . Okay. Well say a little bit more. So, we its obviously been a very interesting year in the Health Policy sphere and you had a great session before this talking about the political angles on it from a couple of great speakers but its been i think its safe to say we have never or certainly not in i recent memory had the Medicaid Program as much in the spotlight in the highlight, in the hot seat, if you will, as we have had over the past year. We certai
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A topic of conversation on sunday news shows. Brady in from texas, and pat toomey. Budget committee. We will also hear from White House Legislative Affairs director mark short. How can you guarantee house states . From blue the total elimination will not be in the final bill. Convinced this is where we will end up. Its important to make sure people keep more of what they earn. Even in these high tax states. What we are working towards, what we have worked so closely with our lawmakers from new york, california, and new jersey to make sure we deliver this relief. That the houseng will not accept a total elimination . That just wont fly, even if the Senate Passes it . Thats what im saying. The reality is that many families, many middleclass families are going to end up paying more, especially when you take away people pause ability to deduct their state and local taxes. The folks in the suburbs are going to get clobbered. The New York Times analysis used software from more conservative g
Republican Senate Candidate roy moore, republican candidate, conducted sexual acts against minors as young as 14. Do you believe that judge moore should step down from his candidacy . Sen. Perdue well, it is early, and we do not know all the facts, obviously. These allegations are very serious. If they are true, then in my opinion, he should step down and withdrawal from the race. Joe some of your colleagues are calling for senator strange to mount a writein campaign. Would you encourage the senator to pursue that . Sen. Perdue we will see what happens on the facts and how judge moore reacts to it. I have not seen that yet, but it is one of the possibilities that is being talked about right now that senator strange would step in and potentially do that as a writein. We did see that in alaska this last time, so it is not impossible. Greta i should note that for our viewers, we are all talking on this thursday afternoon. Go ahead. Tamar earlier this week, we had a a slate of statelevel r